Bill Commons

CA SB 959

enacted

Average daily attendance: emergencies: major safety hazard.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 959 pass?

Yes. CA SB 959 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 773, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 959 about?

For purposes of state apportionments based on average daily attendance, as provided, if the average daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of a specified emergency, including, among others, the imminence of a major safety hazard as determined by a local law enforcement agency, existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to estimate the average daily attendance in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or charter school approximately the total average daily attendance that would have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or charter school had the emergency not occurred. This bill, for the above-described purposes, would additionally allow a local fire agency to make a determination of the imminence of a major safety hazard. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA SB 959?

Grayson is the primary sponsor of CA SB 959, joined by 18 cosponsors.

Description

For purposes of state apportionments based on average daily attendance, as provided, if the average daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of a specified emergency, including, among others, the imminence of a major safety hazard as determined by a local law enforcement agency, existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to estimate the average daily attendance in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or charter school approximately the total average daily attendance that would have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or charter school had the emergency not occurred. This bill, for the above-described purposes, would additionally allow a local fire agency to make a determination of the imminence of a major safety hazard. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2026-02-03
Latest action
2026-09-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 773, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Graysonauthor
  • Allencoauthor
  • Archuletacoauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor
  • Ashbycoauthor
  • Blakespearcoauthor
  • Cabaldoncoauthor
  • Caballerocoauthor
  • Cortesecoauthor
  • Gonzalezcoauthor
  • McNerneycoauthor
  • Menjivarcoauthor
  • Reyescoauthor
  • Wahabcoauthor
  • Weber Piersoncoauthor
  • Schultzcoauthor
  • Wickscoauthor
  • Richardsoncoauthor
  • Bauer-Kahancoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-29

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 773, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-29

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-02

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-27

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  5. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  6. 2026-08-26

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-26

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6553.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  8. 2026-08-17

    Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-08-17

    Read third time and amended.

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  10. 2026-08-03

    Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-08-03

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  12. 2026-07-02

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  13. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  14. 2026-06-18

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2026-05-26

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  16. 2026-05-20

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2026-05-19

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4344.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4259.) (May 14).

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  19. 2026-05-14

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2026-05-08

    Set for hearing May 14.

  21. 2026-04-13

    April 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. 2026-03-27

    Set for hearing April 13.

  23. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3688.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-03-12

    Set for hearing March 25.

  25. 2026-03-09

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  26. 2026-02-11

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  27. 2026-02-04

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.

  28. 2026-02-03

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/03/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-03Compare
  • 03/09/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-09Compare
  • 08/17/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-17Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-29Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-03-25 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Cortese: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-04-13 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: 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

  • 3rd Reading SB959 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause

    2026-05-19 · pass · 39-0

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

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] 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. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-07-01 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Tangipa: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Pellerin: other

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