CA AB 302
enactedPupil and parental communication: extracurricular activities: addictive feeds.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 302 pass?
Yes. CA AB 302 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-10): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 181, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 302 about?
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district that maintains one or more schools containing any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to establish a policy regarding participation in extracurricular and cocurricular activities by pupils in those grades as a condition for the receipt of specified school funding allocations. This bill, commencing with the 2027–28 school year, would prohibit a school district, county office of education, or charter school from excluding a pupil from participating in any extracurricular activity, including sports and clubs, due to the pupil not having or using addictive feeds, as defined. Existing law provides that parents and guardians of children enrolled in public schools have the right and should have the opportunity, as mutually supportive and respectful partners in the education of their children within the public schools, to be informed by the school, and to participate in the education of their children, as specified, including by, among other things, to be notified on a timely basis if their child is absent from school without permission. This bill, commencing with the 2027–28 school year, would prohibit a school district, county office of education, or charter school from using addictive feeds, as defined, as the only means of contacting pupils or pupils' parents or guardians.
Who sponsors CA AB 302?
Bauer-Kahan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 302.
Description
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district that maintains one or more schools containing any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to establish a policy regarding participation in extracurricular and cocurricular activities by pupils in those grades as a condition for the receipt of specified school funding allocations. This bill, commencing with the 2027–28 school year, would prohibit a school district, county office of education, or charter school from excluding a pupil from participating in any extracurricular activity, including sports and clubs, due to the pupil not having or using addictive feeds, as defined. Existing law provides that parents and guardians of children enrolled in public schools have the right and should have the opportunity, as mutually supportive and respectful partners in the education of their children within the public schools, to be informed by the school, and to participate in the education of their children, as specified, including by, among other things, to be notified on a timely basis if their child is absent from school without permission. This bill, commencing with the 2027–28 school year, would prohibit a school district, county office of education, or charter school from using addictive feeds, as defined, as the only means of contacting pupils or pupils' parents or guardians.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-30
- Latest action
- 2026-09-10 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 181, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bauer-Kahanauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-10
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 181, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-10
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-08
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-28
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-28
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6783.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-27
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 27).
committee-passage
2026-08-26
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
2026-08-26
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6646.)
2026-08-25
Re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
referral-committee
2026-08-25
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-30
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-06-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-15
Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and P., D.T., & C.P.
referral-committee
2026-06-12
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-06-12
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-06-11
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-08-29
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-17
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-07-17
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-07-03
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-27
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-25
Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-06-24
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-06-24
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2025-06-23
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-04
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-23
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 11. Page 1650.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-15
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-05
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-03-28
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-01-24
From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
2025-01-23
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
Versions
- 01/23/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-23Compare
- 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
- 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
- 06/27/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-27Compare
- 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
- 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
- 06/11/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-11Compare
- 06/30/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-30Compare
- 09/02/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-02Compare
- 09/10/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-10Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-22 · pass · 12-2
Member-level votes (16)
- Patel: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Krell: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Patterson: no
- Chen: other
- Flora: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (12)
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Macedo: no
- Dixon: no
- Sanchez: no
Do pass.
2025-05-14 · pass · 11-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
AB 302 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-23 · pass · 56-11
Member-level votes (79)
- Davies: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Lee: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Solache: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Haney: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Papan: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bains: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Caloza: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Lackey: no
- Dixon: no
- Ellis: no
- Hadwick: no
- Castillo: no
- Ta: no
- Macedo: no
- Gallagher: no
- Tangipa: no
- Bryan: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Nguyen: other
- Valencia: other
- Sanchez: other
- Alanis: other
- Hoover: other
- Chen: other
- Flora: other
- Wicks: other
- Soria: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2025-07-15 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Valladares: other
- Niello: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]
2026-06-24 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Choi: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cabaldon: other
Do pass as amended
2026-06-29 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Seyarto: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
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