California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 261 — School districts: governing boards: pupil members: preferential voting.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 257, Statutes of 2017.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district maintaining one or more high schools to appoint to its membership one or more nonvoting pupil members if pupils submit a petition to the governing board to make those appointments, as provided. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to allow for preferential voting, as defined, for the pupil member or members of the governing board upon receipt of a petition for that purpose. This bill would instead require a pupil member of the governing board of a school district to have preferential voting rights, and would make conforming and nonsubstantive changes. Because the bill would require school districts to provide a higher level of service, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 35012 of the Education Code proposed by SB 468 to be operative only if this bill and SB 468 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 257, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2917.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2307.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From Consent Calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  12. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. Referred to Com. on ED.

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1388.)

  17. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  18. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26).

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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

  22. Referred to Com. on ED.

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Thurmond · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Thurmond

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 261 THURMOND Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55003
Democratic 15000
Republican 6000
Total 76003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chu — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Steinorth — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Not Voting
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB261 Thurmond By Leyva

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hill — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Portantino — Yea
De León — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bates — Yea
Allen — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Not Voting
Newman — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 261 THURMOND Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 54003
Democratic 16000
Republican 6001
Total 76004
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Levine — Yea
Chau — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Medina — Yea
Chu — Yea
Daly — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12000
Democratic 4000
Republican 0001
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Chau — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 261 do?
(1) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district maintaining one or more high schools to appoint to its membership one or more nonvoting pupil members if pupils submit a petition to the governing board to make those appointments, as provided. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to allow for preferential voting, as defined, for the pupil member or members of the governing board upon receipt of a petition for that purpose. This bill would instead require a pupil member of the governing board of a school district to have preferential voting rights, and would make conforming and nonsubstantive changes. Because the bill would require school districts to provide a higher level of service, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 35012 of the Education Code proposed by SB 468 to be operative only if this bill and SB 468 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. (3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Who sponsors AB 261?
AB 261 is sponsored by Thurmond.
What is the current status of AB 261?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 31, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 261?
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