CA AB 296
deadCareer technical education: sale of equipment: registry.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 296 pass?
No. CA AB 296 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-02-02): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
What is CA AB 296 about?
Existing law provides funding for career technical education programs, including through, among others, the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, the Strong Workforce Program, and a K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program, with the purpose of creating, maintaining, supporting, encouraging, strengthening, and expanding the delivery of career technical education programs in the state, as provided. This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop and maintain a registry of career technical education equipment that is listed for sale and to make the registry accessible to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools via an internet website. The bill would authorize a local educational agency that intends to offer for sale any career technical education equipment to list the equipment in the registry established by the department. The bill would require the equipment listed in the registry to be offered for sale to other local educational agencies and maintained in the registry for a period of no less than 3 months unless the equipment is purchased by a local educational agency. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
Who sponsors CA AB 296?
Davies is the primary sponsor of CA AB 296.
Description
Existing law provides funding for career technical education programs, including through, among others, the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, the Strong Workforce Program, and a K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program, with the purpose of creating, maintaining, supporting, encouraging, strengthening, and expanding the delivery of career technical education programs in the state, as provided. This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop and maintain a registry of career technical education equipment that is listed for sale and to make the registry accessible to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools via an internet website. The bill would authorize a local educational agency that intends to offer for sale any career technical education equipment to list the equipment in the registry established by the department. The bill would require the equipment listed in the registry to be offered for sale to other local educational agencies and maintained in the registry for a period of no less than 3 months unless the equipment is purchased by a local educational agency. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-25
- Latest action
- 2026-02-02 — From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Daviesauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-02
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
committee-passage,failure
2026-01-31
Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
failure
2026-01-22
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-01-22
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-01-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-01-06
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2026-01-05
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
2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on ED.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-03-26
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-13
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-02-10
Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and ED.
referral-committee
2025-01-24
From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
2025-01-23
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
2025-04-02 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lee: no
- Ward: no
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-01-07 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Wilson: other
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