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CA AB 908

in committee

Instructional materials: compliance review.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 908 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 908 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-09-09): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.

What is CA AB 908 about?

Existing law requires governing boards of school districts, when adopting instructional materials for use in the schools, to include materials that accurately portray the cultural and racial diversity of our society, including, among others, the contributions of people of all genders in all types of rolls, and the role and contributions of Native Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, LGBTQ+ Americans, persons with disabilities, and members of other ethnic, cultural, religious, and socioeconomic status groups to the total development of California and the United States. This bill would require the State Department of Education to monitor compliance with the above-described instructional materials adoption requirement as part of its annual compliance monitoring of state and federal programs.

Who sponsors CA AB 908?

Solache is the primary sponsor of CA AB 908.

Description

Existing law requires governing boards of school districts, when adopting instructional materials for use in the schools, to include materials that accurately portray the cultural and racial diversity of our society, including, among others, the contributions of people of all genders in all types of rolls, and the role and contributions of Native Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, LGBTQ+ Americans, persons with disabilities, and members of other ethnic, cultural, religious, and socioeconomic status groups to the total development of California and the United States. This bill would require the State Department of Education to monitor compliance with the above-described instructional materials adoption requirement as part of its annual compliance monitoring of state and federal programs.

Introduced
2025-04-10
Latest action
2025-09-09 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Solacheauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-09-09

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.

  2. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  3. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  4. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  5. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  6. 2025-07-07

    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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  7. 2025-06-13

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

  8. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  9. 2025-06-03

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

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  10. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 1865.)

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-14

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

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  14. 2025-04-22

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-04-21

    Read second time and amended.

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  16. 2025-04-10

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

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  17. 2025-03-13

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  18. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  19. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  20. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-21Compare
  • 07/07/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-07Compare
  • AB908Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    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.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 908 Solache Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 62-15

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

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 5-2

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

  • 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

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

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

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