CA SB 510
enactedPupil instruction: treatment of African Americans.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 510 pass?
Yes. CA SB 510 has been enacted into law as of 2025-08-28. Latest recorded action (2025-08-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 100, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 510 about?
Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the commission, when the history-social science curriculum framework is next revised, on or after January 1, 2025, to consider providing for inclusion, in that curriculum framework, related evaluation criteria, and accompanying instructional materials, of instruction on the treatment and perspectives of Native Americans during the Spanish colonization of California and the Gold Rush Era. This bill would require the commission, when the state board next revises the history-social science curriculum framework or adopts new instructional materials, on or after January 1, 2026, to consider including content on the historical, social, economic, and political contributions of African Americans during the Spanish colonization of California, the Gold Rush Era, and Antebellum, as provided.
Who sponsors CA SB 510?
Richardson is the primary sponsor of CA SB 510, joined by 11 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the commission, when the history-social science curriculum framework is next revised, on or after January 1, 2025, to consider providing for inclusion, in that curriculum framework, related evaluation criteria, and accompanying instructional materials, of instruction on the treatment and perspectives of Native Americans during the Spanish colonization of California and the Gold Rush Era. This bill would require the commission, when the state board next revises the history-social science curriculum framework or adopts new instructional materials, on or after January 1, 2026, to consider including content on the historical, social, economic, and political contributions of African Americans during the Spanish colonization of California, the Gold Rush Era, and Antebellum, as provided.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-19
- Latest action
- 2025-08-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 100, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Richardsonauthor
- Smallwood-Cuevascoauthor
- Weber Piersoncoauthor
- Bontacoauthor
- Bryancoauthor
- Elhawarycoauthor
- Gipsoncoauthor
- Jacksoncoauthor
- McKinnorcoauthor
- Ransomcoauthor
- Wilsoncoauthor
- Sharp-Collinscoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-10
April 23 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-17
Set for hearing April 30.
2025-04-21
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 961.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2025-05-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1249.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-07-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).
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2025-07-17
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2025-08-21
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-08-21
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-08-27
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-08-28
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-08-28
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 100, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-30 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cortese: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
3rd Reading SB510 Richardson et al.
2025-05-27 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Allen: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Stern: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Jones: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Becker: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Niello: yes
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-02 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Addis: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-07-16 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Wicks: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pellerin: other
- Arambula: other
SB 510 Richardson Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-08-21 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Flora: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Solache: yes
- Krell: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hart: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bains: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ransom: other
- Addis: other
Related bills
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