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CA AB 49

enacted

Schoolsites: immigration enforcement.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 49 pass?

Yes. CA AB 49 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-20. Latest recorded action (2025-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 49 about?

(1) Existing law prohibits, except as required by state or federal law or as required to administer a state or federally supported educational program, school officials and employees of a school district, county office of education, or charter school from collecting information or documents regarding citizenship or immigration status of pupils or their family members. Existing law requires the superintendent of a school district, the superintendent of a county office of education, and the principal of a charter school, as applicable, to report to the respective governing board or body of the local educational agency in a timely manner any requests for information or access to a schoolsite by an officer or employee of a law enforcement agency for the purpose of enforcing the immigration laws in a manner that ensures the confidentiality and privacy of any potentially identifying information. This bill would prohibit school officials and employees of a local educational agency from allowing an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement to enter a nonpublic area of a schoolsite, as defined, for any purpose without being presented with a valid judicial warrant, judicial subpoena, or a court order. The bill would require school officials and employees of a local educational agency, to the extent practicable, to request valid identification of any officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement seeking to enter a nonpublic area of a schoolsite. The bill would also prohibit a local educational agency and its personnel from disclosing or providing, in writing, verbally, or in any other manner, the education records of or any information about a pupil or a pupil's family and household without the pupil's parents' or guardians' written consent, a school employee, or a teacher to an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement without a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or court order directing the local educational agency or its personnel to do so. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law requires the Attorney General, by April 1, 2018, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, to publish model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement at public schools, to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and state law, and ensuring that public schools remain safe and accessible to all California residents, regardless of immigration status, as provided. Existing law requires local educational agencies, by July 1, 2018, to adopt those model policies developed by the Attorney General or equivalent policies. This bill would require the Attorney General, by December 1, 2025, to update those model policies to ensure that the policies align with the above-described prohibitions on school officials and employees of local educational agencies allowing an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement to enter a nonpublic area of a schoolsite without a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or a court order and from disclosing or providing certain information to those officers or employees, as provided. The bill also would require a local educational agency to update its model policy by March 1, 2026, and to make the policy available to the State Department of Education upon request. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) This bill would make these provisions severable. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. (5) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 49?

Muratsuchi is the primary sponsor of CA AB 49, joined by 25 cosponsors.

Description

(1) Existing law prohibits, except as required by state or federal law or as required to administer a state or federally supported educational program, school officials and employees of a school district, county office of education, or charter school from collecting information or documents regarding citizenship or immigration status of pupils or their family members. Existing law requires the superintendent of a school district, the superintendent of a county office of education, and the principal of a charter school, as applicable, to report to the respective governing board or body of the local educational agency in a timely manner any requests for information or access to a schoolsite by an officer or employee of a law enforcement agency for the purpose of enforcing the immigration laws in a manner that ensures the confidentiality and privacy of any potentially identifying information. This bill would prohibit school officials and employees of a local educational agency from allowing an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement to enter a nonpublic area of a schoolsite, as defined, for any purpose without being presented with a valid judicial warrant, judicial subpoena, or a court order. The bill would require school officials and employees of a local educational agency, to the extent practicable, to request valid identification of any officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement seeking to enter a nonpublic area of a schoolsite. The bill would also prohibit a local educational agency and its personnel from disclosing or providing, in writing, verbally, or in any other manner, the education records of or any information about a pupil or a pupil's family and household without the pupil's parents' or guardians' written consent, a school employee, or a teacher to an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement without a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or court order directing the local educational agency or its personnel to do so. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law requires the Attorney General, by April 1, 2018, in consultation with the appropriate stakeholders, to publish model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement at public schools, to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and state law, and ensuring that public schools remain safe and accessible to all California residents, regardless of immigration status, as provided. Existing law requires local educational agencies, by July 1, 2018, to adopt those model policies developed by the Attorney General or equivalent policies. This bill would require the Attorney General, by December 1, 2025, to update those model policies to ensure that the policies align with the above-described prohibitions on school officials and employees of local educational agencies allowing an officer or employee of an agency conducting immigration enforcement to enter a nonpublic area of a schoolsite without a valid judicial warrant or judicial subpoena, or a court order and from disclosing or providing certain information to those officers or employees, as provided. The bill also would require a local educational agency to update its model policy by March 1, 2026, and to make the policy available to the State Department of Education upon request. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) This bill would make these provisions severable. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. (5) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-04-02
Latest action
2025-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Muratsuchiauthor
  • Ortegaauthor
  • Celeste Rodriguezauthor
  • Gonzalezauthor
  • Carrilloprincipal coauthor
  • Fongprincipal coauthor
  • Addiscoauthor
  • Arambulacoauthor
  • Bontacoauthor
  • Bryancoauthor
  • Connollycoauthor
  • Elhawarycoauthor
  • Mark Gonzálezcoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor
  • Leecoauthor
  • Lowenthalcoauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor
  • Solachecoauthor
  • Soriacoauthor
  • Wilsoncoauthor
  • Zburcoauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor
  • Beckercoauthor
  • Cortesecoauthor
  • Pérezcoauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-02

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2024-12-03

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-18

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  5. 2025-04-02

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-04-03

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-04-10

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 9).

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  8. 2025-04-21

    Read second time and amended.

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  9. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  11. 2025-04-30

    Coauthors revised.

  12. 2025-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).

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  13. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 9. Page 1728.).

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  15. 2025-05-28

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

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  16. 2025-06-04

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-06-10

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  18. 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 ED.

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  19. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  20. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15).

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  21. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  22. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 18).

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  23. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  24. 2025-08-26

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  25. 2025-08-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  26. 2025-09-02

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2392.).

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  27. 2025-09-02

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 2813.)

  28. 2025-09-02

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 7. Page 2814.).

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  29. 2025-09-02

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  30. 2025-09-09

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

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  31. 2025-09-20

    Approved by the Governor.

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  32. 2025-09-20

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
  • 04/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-02Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 08/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-26Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 09/20/25 - Chaptered — 2025-09-20Compare
  • AB49Compare
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Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-09 · pass · 7-2

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Bonta: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: no
    • Hoover: no

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

    2025-04-29 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Papan: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Macedo: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other

  • 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 49 Muratsuchi Third Reading Urgency

    2025-05-27 · pass · 62-9

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Nguyen: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Chen: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Flora: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-07-09 · pass · 6-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: no

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 11-1

    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
    • Niello: no
    • Valladares: other

  • Do pass

    2025-08-18 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB49 Muratsuchi et al. By Gonzalez Urgency Clause

    2025-09-02 · pass · 33-0

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

  • AB 49 MURATSUCHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-02 · pass · 61-7

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ávila Farías: other
    • Chen: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Berman: other
    • Macedo: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Patterson: other
    • Flora: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Davies: other
    • Hoover: other

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