Who sponsors AB 2056?

AB 2056 is sponsored by Alvarez, David (Democratic), Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican), Solache, Jr., José Luis (Democratic), and Ahrens, Patrick (Democratic).

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California 20252026 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 4 D · 1 R cosponsors

AB 2056 — Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.

Last action August 24, 2026 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2026.

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To Executive
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Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 18, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 88% · high confidence

To Executive

Current position in the legislative process.
5 sponsors

1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (4 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

In plain language

The bill establishes exchange programs for teachers in local educational agencies.

This legislation allows local educational agencies to create exchange programs for teachers. The goal is to enhance teaching experiences and collaboration among educators.

What this means for you

Workers: This means teachers may have more opportunities to work in different educational settings and gain diverse experiences.

Summary

Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.

Bill Text

Chaptered 08/24/26 - Chaptered Current pdf August 24, 2026
Enrolled 08/10/26 - Enrolled html August 10, 2026
Amended 06/09/26 - Amended Senate pdf June 09, 2026
Introduced 02/18/26 - Introduced pdf February 18, 2026
AB2056 View text html

Action History

August 24, 2026
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2026.
August 24, 2026
Approved by the Governor.
August 12, 2026
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
August 06, 2026
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6072.).
June 18, 2026
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
June 18, 2026
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4860.).
June 16, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
June 15, 2026
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
June 09, 2026
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 04, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
May 06, 2026
Referred to Com. on ED.
April 23, 2026
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
April 23, 2026
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4795.)
April 16, 2026
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
April 15, 2026
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 15).
March 25, 2026
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 25, 2026
Coauthors revised.
March 02, 2026
Referred to Com. on ED.
February 19, 2026
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
February 18, 2026
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Alvarez, David Democratic

Co-sponsors (4)

Garcia, Robert Democratic
Gonzalez, Jeff Republican
Solache, Jr., José Luis Democratic
Ahrens, Patrick Democratic

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 2056 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments

August 06, 2026

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	16	0	0	2
Democratic	53	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	1
Total	75	0	0	4
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Patterson	—	Yea
Ávila Farías	—	Yea
Rivas	—	Yea
Carrillo	—	Yea
Fong	—	Not Voting
Garcia	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Celeste	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Michelle	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Schultz, Nick	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Not Voting
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Yea
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Castillo, Leticia	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Ellis, Stan	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Not Voting
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Consent Calendar 2nd AB2056 Alvarez et al.

June 18, 2026

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	29	0	0	1
Republican	8	0	0	2
Total	37	0	0	3
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Arreguín, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Ashby, Angelique V.	Democratic	Not Voting
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Blakespear, Catherine S.	Democratic	Yea
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
McNerney, Jerry	Democratic	Yea
Menjivar, Caroline	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Pérez, Sasha Renée	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Richardson, Laura	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Susan	Democratic	Yea
Smallwood-Cuevas, Lola	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wahab, Aisha	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarado-Gil, Marie	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Not Voting
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

June 03, 2026

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	2	0	0	0
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Cabaldon, Christopher	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Pérez, Sasha Renée	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

AB 2056 Alvarez Consent Calendar Second Day

April 23, 2026

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	54	0	0	5
Republican	19	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	1	0	0	0
Total	74	0	0	6
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Ávila Farías	—	Yea
Addis, Dawn	Democratic	Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Ahrens, Patrick	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bains, Jasmeet	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Connolly, Damon	Democratic	Yea
Elhawary, Sade	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Harabedian, John	Democratic	Yea
Hart, Gregg	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Ortega, Liz	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Papan, Diane	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Ransom, Rhodesia	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rodriguez, Celeste	Democratic	Not Voting
Rodriguez, Michelle	Democratic	Yea
Rogers, Chris	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Schiavo, Pilar	Democratic	Yea
Schultz, Nick	Democratic	Yea
Sharp-Collins, LaShae	Democratic	Not Voting
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Soria, Esmeralda	Democratic	Not Voting
Stefani, Catherine	Democratic	Yea
Valencia, Avelino	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Not Voting
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Castillo, Leticia	Republican	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
DeMaio, Carl	Republican	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Ellis, Stan	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Gonzalez, Jeff	Republican	Yea
Hadwick, Heather	Republican	Not Voting
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Macedo, Alexandra	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea
Sanchez, Kate	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea
Wallis, Greg	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

April 15, 2026

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	4	0	0	0
Democratic	9	0	0	2
Total	13	0	0	2
% of votes cast	87%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Caloza, Jessica	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
González, Mark	Democratic	Yea
Krell, Maggy	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Not Voting
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Not Voting
Solache, Jr., José Luis	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Dixon, Diane	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea
Ta, Tri	Republican	Yea
Tangipa, David J.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

March 25, 2026

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	9	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Patel, Darshana R.	Democratic	Yea
Pellerin, Gail	Democratic	Yea
Zbur, Rick Chavez	Democratic	Yea
Alanis, Juan	Republican	Yea
Hoover, Josh	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

education

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2056 do?: Teachers: exchange programs: local educational agencies.
Who sponsors AB 2056?: AB 2056 is sponsored by Alvarez, David (Democratic), Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican), Solache, Jr., José Luis (Democratic), and Ahrens, Patrick (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2056?: This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 18, 2026. It awaits signature.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 2056
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 20252026 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 18, 2026
Status: To Executive
Prime sponsor: Alvarez, David

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