CA AB 2148
enactedElementary and secondary education: public school employees: contractors: natural persons.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2148 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2148 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2148 about?
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Under this system, school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools employ personnel to provide instruction to and services for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, at schoolsites throughout the state. This bill would explicitly define, for purposes of the Education Code, both a public school employee and a contractor providing services in a public school to mean a natural person.
Who sponsors CA AB 2148?
Muratsuchi is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2148, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Under this system, school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools employ personnel to provide instruction to and services for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, at schoolsites throughout the state. This bill would explicitly define, for purposes of the Education Code, both a public school employee and a contractor providing services in a public school to mean a natural person.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-06-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Muratsuchiauthor
- Hoovercoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-06-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-06-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
executive-receipt
2026-06-18
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-18
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-06-18
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4859.).
2026-06-11
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-10
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-04
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-05-13
Referred to Coms. on ED. and L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee
2026-05-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4901.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-04-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-04-16
Withdrawn from committee.
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2026-04-16
Ordered to second reading.
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2026-04-13
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-04-13
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2026-04-13
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 8).
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2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
Referred to Coms. on ED., HIGHER ED. and P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education]
2026-04-08 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Zbur: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lowenthal: other
AB 2148 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-04 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Davies: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Flora: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lackey: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bains: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Addis: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Chen: other
- Arambula: other
- Caloza: other
- Bennett: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-03 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Choi: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2026-06-10 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd AB2148 Muratsuchi et al.
2026-06-18 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Blakespear: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Limón: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Stern: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Becker: yes
- Grove: other
- Ashby: other
- Seyarto: other
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