Bill Commons

CA AB 629

enacted

School districts: equipment inventory.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 629 pass?

Yes. CA AB 629 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-07-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 629 about?

Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for their funding and governance. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to establish and maintain an inventory, as provided, of each item of equipment acquired by the school district that has a current market value that exceeds $500. This bill would increase the above-described threshold value from $500 to instead be $1,500. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to biennially adjust that threshold market value by a specified inflation factor, rounded to the nearest $50, and to post the adjusted threshold market value to the State Department of Education's internet website.

Who sponsors CA AB 629?

Ward is the primary sponsor of CA AB 629.

Description

Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for their funding and governance. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to establish and maintain an inventory, as provided, of each item of equipment acquired by the school district that has a current market value that exceeds $500. This bill would increase the above-described threshold value from $500 to instead be $1,500. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to biennially adjust that threshold market value by a specified inflation factor, rounded to the nearest $50, and to post the adjusted threshold market value to the State Department of Education's internet website.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Latest action
2025-07-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wardauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2025-07-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2025.

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  2. 2025-07-28

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2025-07-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

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  4. 2025-07-10

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  5. 2025-07-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2042.).

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  6. 2025-07-08

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  7. 2025-07-07

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

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  8. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  10. 2025-06-03

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

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  11. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1841.)

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  14. 2025-04-09

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  15. 2025-03-27

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-03-11

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  17. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  18. 2025-03-10

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

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  19. 2025-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  20. 2025-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/13/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-13Compare
  • 03/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-10Compare
  • 07/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-11Compare
  • 07/28/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-28Compare
  • AB629Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-03-26 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Patel: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 629 Ward Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-25 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-07-10 · pass · 37-0

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

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