California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 1281 — Pupil data: California School Racial Equality Designation Act.

Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law establishes the public elementary and secondary school system in this state. Under this system, school districts throughout the state provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, at the public elementary and secondary schools. This bill would enact the California School Racial Equality Designation Act. The bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the collection of data on the race or ethnicity of persons who identify themselves as members of more than one race. The bill, commencing on July 1, 2010, would require any state agency, board, or commission that directly, or by contract, collects demographic data on the race or ethnicity of pupils in any elementary or secondary school to provide written instructions for reporting racial information that specify that multiracial pupils may select 2 or more racial categories.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  2. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. Vetoed by Governor.

  4. Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.

  5. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 2916.)

  6. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2889.)

  7. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  8. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2019.)

  9. Read second time. To third reading.

  10. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 8).

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

  15. Referred to Com. on ED.

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

  17. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 1676.)

  18. Read second time. To third reading.

  19. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  20. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 13).

  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. Read second time and amended.

  23. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22).

  24. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

  26. Referred to Com. on ED.

  27. Read first time.

  28. From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.

  29. Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

  • Portantino · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Portantino

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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 1281 PORTANTINO Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 71 Yea · 13 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 651307
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 711307
% of votes cast 78%14%0%8%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Eng — Yea
Charles — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hagman — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Tom — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Bass — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Bill — Not Voting
Conway — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Garrick — Nay
Hall — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Duvall — Not Voting
Knight — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Villines — Not Voting
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Nay
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Not Voting
Hayashi — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Logue — Nay
Ma — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1281 Portantino By Alquist

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33005
Republican 1000
Democratic 0002
Total 34007
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Florez — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Walters — Not Voting
Aanestad — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Denham — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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AB 1281 PORTANTINO Assembly Third Reading

Passed 73 Yea · 10 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 661008
Democratic 5000
Republican 2001
Total 731009
% of votes cast 79%11%0%10%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Coto — Yea
Evans — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Charles — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hagman — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Hall — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Tom — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Bass — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Price — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Berryhill — Nay
Gaines — Nay
Bill — Not Voting
Berryhill — Not Voting
Fletcher — Not Voting
Audra — Not Voting
Garrick — Nay
Knight — Nay
Conway — Nay
Cook — Not Voting
Duvall — Not Voting
Villines — Nay
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Nay
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14005
Democratic 1000
Republican 0001
Total 15006
% of votes cast 71%0%0%29%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Duvall — Not Voting
Krekorian — Yea
Miller — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Not Voting
Harkey — Not Voting
Nielsen — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

civil-rights education
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1281 do?
Existing law establishes the public elementary and secondary school system in this state. Under this system, school districts throughout the state provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, at the public elementary and secondary schools. This bill would enact the California School Racial Equality Designation Act. The bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the collection of data on the race or ethnicity of persons who identify themselves as members of more than one race. The bill, commencing on July 1, 2010, would require any state agency, board, or commission that directly, or by contract, collects demographic data on the race or ethnicity of pupils in any elementary or secondary school to provide written instructions for reporting racial information that specify that multiracial pupils may select 2 or more racial categories.
Who sponsors AB 1281?
AB 1281 is sponsored by Portantino.
What is the current status of AB 1281?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 1281?
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