CA SB 1188
enactedJunior Reserve Officers' Training Corps: establishment and eligibility.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did CA SB 1188 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1188 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 154, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1188 about?
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district maintaining a secondary school to establish in the school courses in military science and tactics that comply with provisions of federal law regarding Reserve Officers Training Corps units in educational institutions. This bill would revise and recast those provisions by authorizing the governing board or body of a school district, county office of education, or charter school to establish in its schoolsites courses in military science and tactics that comply with provisions of federal law regarding Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) units in educational institutions. Existing federal law requires a public secondary educational institution that maintains a JROTC unit to permit membership in the unit to homeschooled students residing in the area served by the institution who are qualified for membership in the unit but for lack of enrollment in the institution. This bill would require a local educational agency offering a JROTC program within any of its schools to permit membership in the JROTC program for homeschooled pupils who reside within the attendance area of the local educational agency, if those pupils meet all applicable eligibility requirements for participation in the JROTC program other than enrollment in the school offering the JROTC program. The bill would require the State Department of Education to make information about existing JROTC programs available on its internet website and distribute implementation guidance to local educational agencies on an annual basis.
Who sponsors CA SB 1188?
Archuleta is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1188.
Description
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district maintaining a secondary school to establish in the school courses in military science and tactics that comply with provisions of federal law regarding Reserve Officers Training Corps units in educational institutions. This bill would revise and recast those provisions by authorizing the governing board or body of a school district, county office of education, or charter school to establish in its schoolsites courses in military science and tactics that comply with provisions of federal law regarding Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) units in educational institutions. Existing federal law requires a public secondary educational institution that maintains a JROTC unit to permit membership in the unit to homeschooled students residing in the area served by the institution who are qualified for membership in the unit but for lack of enrollment in the institution. This bill would require a local educational agency offering a JROTC program within any of its schools to permit membership in the JROTC program for homeschooled pupils who reside within the attendance area of the local educational agency, if those pupils meet all applicable eligibility requirements for participation in the JROTC program other than enrollment in the school offering the JROTC program. The bill would require the State Department of Education to make information about existing JROTC programs available on its internet website and distribute implementation guidance to local educational agencies on an annual basis.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-19
- Latest action
- 2026-08-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 154, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Archuletaauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 154, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-08-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-18
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-13
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-08-13
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-13
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6158.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-06
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-05
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
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2026-06-01
Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A.
referral-committee
2026-05-22
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2026-05-22
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4419.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-20
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4268.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-27
April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-22
Set for hearing April 27.
2026-04-21
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3956.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-09
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
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2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3791.) (April 8).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-23
Set for hearing April 8.
2026-03-12
Set for hearing March 25.
2026-03-12
March 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-04
Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-08 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Reyes: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Choi: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-04-20 · pass · 4-0
Member-level votes (5)
- McNerney: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Grove: yes
- Menjivar: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-04-27 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Richardson: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
Special Consent
2026-05-22 · pass · 33-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Jones: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grove: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: other
- Hurtado: other
- Padilla: other
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Stern: other
- Niello: other
- Allen: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-17 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Castillo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Zbur: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-30 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Davies: yes
- Schiavo: yes
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