CA AB 821
enactedPupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical education.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 821 pass?
Yes. CA AB 821 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 622, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 821 about?
Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. The coursework requirements include, among others, the completion of one course in visual or performing arts, foreign language, or career technical education. Existing law eliminates the authorization for career technical education to count toward that graduation requirement on July 1, 2027, or upon the occurrence of a specified event relating to career technical education requirements of the University of California and the California State University, whichever occurs earlier, as specified. This bill would indefinitely extend the authorization for career technical education to count toward that graduation requirement. To the extent this bill would impose additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill also would make conforming changes. 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.
Who sponsors CA AB 821?
Gipson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 821.
Description
Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. The coursework requirements include, among others, the completion of one course in visual or performing arts, foreign language, or career technical education. Existing law eliminates the authorization for career technical education to count toward that graduation requirement on July 1, 2027, or upon the occurrence of a specified event relating to career technical education requirements of the University of California and the California State University, whichever occurs earlier, as specified. This bill would indefinitely extend the authorization for career technical education to count toward that graduation requirement. To the extent this bill would impose additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill also would make conforming changes. 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.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-24
- Latest action
- 2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 622, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Gipsonauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-24
Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
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2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-04-01
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-04-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-23
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1982.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-14
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-15
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-07-17
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.).
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2025-07-17
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2025-08-18
Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-18
Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
2025-08-19
In Senate. Held at Desk.
2025-08-28
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-08-28
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-28
Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly.
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2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2453.).
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2025-09-04
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2936.).
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2025-09-04
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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2025-10-11
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 622, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
- 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
- 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-01Compare
- 08/28/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-28Compare
- 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
- 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-09 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Castillo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Addis: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Alvarez: 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 821 Gipson Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Sanchez: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Haney: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ward: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Krell: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Solache: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-02 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Choi: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd
2025-07-17 · pass · 35-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Limón: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Laird: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: yes
- Stern: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Allen: yes
- Grove: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: other
- Becker: other
- Padilla: other
- Reyes: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
3rd Reading AB821 Gipson By Pérez
2025-09-03 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Niello: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
AB 821 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-04 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bains: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Soria: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Flora: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Haney: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Chen: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Davies: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Alvarez: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Ahrens: other
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