Bill Commons

CA AB 1653

enacted

Pupil instruction: health framework: heat illness.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1653 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1653 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 70, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1653 about?

Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. This bill would require the commission, during the next revision of the publication "Health Framework for California Public Schools," to consider including, and recommending for adoption by the state board, specific content related to the prevention of, and recognizing and responding to the signs and symptoms of, heat illness, as described, and, for those purposes, to consider relevant guidance issued by the State Department of Public Health and policies adopted by the California Interscholastic Federation, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 1653?

Lackey is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1653.

Description

Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. This bill would require the commission, during the next revision of the publication "Health Framework for California Public Schools," to consider including, and recommending for adoption by the state board, specific content related to the prevention of, and recognizing and responding to the signs and symptoms of, heat illness, as described, and, for those purposes, to consider relevant guidance issued by the State Department of Public Health and policies adopted by the California Interscholastic Federation, as specified.

Introduced
2026-03-19
Latest action
2026-07-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 70, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lackeyauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 70, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-07-02

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  4. 2026-06-25

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  5. 2026-06-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5015.).

  6. 2026-06-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2026-06-23

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  8. 2026-06-22

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  9. 2026-06-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2026-05-27

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  11. 2026-05-18

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. 2026-05-18

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5128.)

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  13. 2026-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2026-05-06

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  15. 2026-03-24

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2026-03-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  17. 2026-03-19

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 18).

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  18. 2026-02-17

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  19. 2026-01-29

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.

  20. 2026-01-28

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/28/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-28Compare
  • 03/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-23Compare
  • 06/29/26 - Enrolled — 2026-06-29Compare
  • 07/13/26 - Chaptered — 2026-07-13Compare
  • AB1653Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-03-18 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patel: yes
  • Do pass.

    2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Arambula: other
  • AB 1653 Lackey Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-18 · pass · 74-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ransom: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Dixon: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Lee: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-10 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2026-06-25 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Jones: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other

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