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CA AB 833

vetoed

Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies: sponsors.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 833 pass?

No. CA AB 833 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2026-01-22. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 833 about?

Existing law, the World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963, requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations under which teachers employed by California school districts may exchange positions with teachers in schools in other countries for a period of one year or less. Existing law requires the arrangements for the exchanges to be made through the State Department of Education and in cooperation with the teacher exchange programs administered by agencies of the federal government. This bill would require the state board's rules and regulations for the exchanges to (1) expressly provide for exchanges with Mexico, (2) apply to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, and (3) authorize specified visa sponsors designated by the United States Department of State, in addition to the State Department of Education, to sponsor teachers from Mexico for placement in California school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to promote cultural exchange for specified purposes.

Who sponsors CA AB 833?

Alvarez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 833.

Description

Existing law, the World Language Teacher Exchange and Recruitment Law of 1963, requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations under which teachers employed by California school districts may exchange positions with teachers in schools in other countries for a period of one year or less. Existing law requires the arrangements for the exchanges to be made through the State Department of Education and in cooperation with the teacher exchange programs administered by agencies of the federal government. This bill would require the state board's rules and regulations for the exchanges to (1) expressly provide for exchanges with Mexico, (2) apply to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools, and (3) authorize specified visa sponsors designated by the United States Department of State, in addition to the State Department of Education, to sponsor teachers from Mexico for placement in California school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to promote cultural exchange for specified purposes.

Introduced
2025-03-17
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Alvarezauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  4. 2025-03-17

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

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  5. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  6. 2025-03-27

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

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  7. 2025-04-09

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

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  8. 2025-05-23

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

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  9. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-29

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1788.)

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  11. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1856.)

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  12. 2025-06-03

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

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  13. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  14. 2025-06-25

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

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  15. 2025-07-07

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  16. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  17. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2516.).

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  19. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  20. 2025-09-11

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  21. 2025-10-03

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  22. 2025-10-03

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  23. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 05/29/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-29Compare
  • 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
  • AB833Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-26 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Patel: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hoover: 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 833 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 77-1

    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
    • 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
    • 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
    • DeMaio: no
    • Tangipa: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    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
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-07 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: other
  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
  • 3rd Reading AB833 Alvarez By Caballero

    2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0

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

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