California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 75 — Education finance: school facilities: Kindergarten-Community Colleges Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022.

Last action — In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

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

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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.

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Summary

(1) The Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 provides for the adoption of rules, regulations, and procedures, under the administration of the Director of General Services, for the allocation of state funds by the State Allocation Board for the construction and modernization of public school facilities. This bill would add provisions to the act to require the Department of General Services to process all applications received under the act on and after an unspecified date and to present those applications to the State Allocation Board within 120 days of receipt. The bill would require applicants for bond funding to supply designated information to the State Department of Education. The bill would authorize school districts to receive a supplemental grant to expand an existing, or construct a new, gymnasium, multipurpose room, library, or school kitchen under specified conditions. The bill would amend the methodology for calculating a school district's required local contribution, as specified. The bill would specifically authorize the allocation of state funds for the replacement of school buildings that are at least 75 years old, for specified assistance to school districts with a school facility located on a military installation, as specified, and small school districts, as defined, and for the testing and remediation of lead levels in water fountains and faucets used for drinking or preparing food on schoolsites. The bill would authorize new construction and modernization grants to be used for seismic mitigation purposes, certain health and safety projects, and, among other things, to establish schoolsite-based infrastructure to provide broadband internet access. The bill would also authorize modernization grants to be used for the control, management, or abatement of lead. The bill would increase the maximum level of total bonding capacity, as defined, that a school district could have in order to be deemed eligible for financial hardship under the act from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. The bill, commencing in the 2023–24 fiscal year, would increase that $15,000,000 maximum by a specified inflation adjustment. The bill would authorize the State Allocation Board to provide specified assistance to school districts and county offices of education impacted by a natural disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. (2) The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from creating a debt or liability that singly or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities exceeds the sum of $300,000, except by an act that (A) authorizes the debt for a single object or work specified in the act, (B) has been passed by a 23 vote of all the Members elected to each house of the Legislature, (C) has been submitted to the people at a statewide general or primary election, and (D) has received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at that election. This bill would set forth the Kindergarten-Community Colleges Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022 as a state general obligation bond act that would provide $12,000,000,000 to construct and modernize education facilities, as provided. The bond act would become operative only if approved by the voters at an unspecified statewide election in 2022. The bill would require its other provisions to take effect upon voter approval of the bond act. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

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

  2. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  3. Referred to Coms. on ED. and GOV. & F.

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

  5. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 1840.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. Ordered to second reading.

  8. Withdrawn from committee.

  9. Assembly Rule 96 suspended.

  10. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  11. Read second time and amended.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 20).

  13. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. Coauthors revised.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  17. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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

  19. Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED.

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • O'Donnell · Primary
  • Medina · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • O'Donnell

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Medina

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

AB 75 O'Donnell Third Reading Urgency

Passed 69 Yea · 1 Nay · 9 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 27001
Unaffiliated 36005
Republican 6103
Total 69109
% of votes cast 87%1%0%11%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Chau — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Smith — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Kiley — Not Voting
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Holden — Yea
Villapudua — Yea
Salas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Wood — Yea
Ting — Yea
Low — Yea
Frazier — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Levine — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gray — Yea
Burke — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bennett, Steve Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bryan, Isaac G. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Lee, Alex Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Ward, Christopher M. Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Not Voting
Seyarto, Kelly Republican Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules]

Passed 13 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Democratic 6000
Republican 0101
Total 13102
% of votes cast 81%6%0%13%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Quirk — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Holden — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Carrillo, Juan Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Davies, Laurie Republican Nay

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 4000
Republican 1001
Unaffiliated 5001
Total 10002
% of votes cast 83%0%0%17%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Levine — Yea
Kiley — Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Valladares, Suzette Martinez Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 75 do?
(1) The Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 provides for the adoption of rules, regulations, and procedures, under the administration of the Director of General Services, for the allocation of state funds by the State Allocation Board for the construction and modernization of public school facilities. This bill would add provisions to the act to require the Department of General Services to process all applications received under the act on and after an unspecified date and to present those applications to the State Allocation Board within 120 days of receipt. The bill would require applicants for bond funding to supply designated information to the State Department of Education. The bill would authorize school districts to receive a supplemental grant to expand an existing, or construct a new, gymnasium, multipurpose room, library, or school kitchen under specified conditions. The bill would amend the methodology for calculating a school district's required local contribution, as specified. The bill would specifically authorize the allocation of state funds for the replacement of school buildings that are at least 75 years old, for specified assistance to school districts with a school facility located on a military installation, as specified, and small school districts, as defined, and for the testing and remediation of lead levels in water fountains and faucets used for drinking or preparing food on schoolsites. The bill would authorize new construction and modernization grants to be used for seismic mitigation purposes, certain health and safety projects, and, among other things, to establish schoolsite-based infrastructure to provide broadband internet access. The bill would also authorize modernization grants to be used for the control, management, or abatement of lead. The bill would increase the maximum level of total bonding capacity, as defined, that a school district could have in order to be deemed eligible for financial hardship under the act from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. The bill, commencing in the 2023–24 fiscal year, would increase that $15,000,000 maximum by a specified inflation adjustment. The bill would authorize the State Allocation Board to provide specified assistance to school districts and county offices of education impacted by a natural disaster for which the Governor has declared a state of emergency. (2) The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from creating a debt or liability that singly or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities exceeds the sum of $300,000, except by an act that (A) authorizes the debt for a single object or work specified in the act, (B) has been passed by a 23 vote of all the Members elected to each house of the Legislature, (C) has been submitted to the people at a statewide general or primary election, and (D) has received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at that election. This bill would set forth the Kindergarten-Community Colleges Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2022 as a state general obligation bond act that would provide $12,000,000,000 to construct and modernize education facilities, as provided. The bond act would become operative only if approved by the voters at an unspecified statewide election in 2022. The bill would require its other provisions to take effect upon voter approval of the bond act. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 75?
AB 75 is sponsored by O'Donnell and Medina.
What is the current status of AB 75?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 75?
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