---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil health: immunizations."
description: "Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to cooperate with the local health officer in measures necessary for the prevention and control of communicable diseases in schoolage children, and authorizes the board to permit a licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed registered nurse acting under the direction of a supervising physician and surgeon to administer an immunizing agent to a pupil whose parents have consented, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1937"
citation: "California AB 1937 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil health: immunizations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fletcher"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-17"
last_action: "2010-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/303673cc-cf09-43f8-aa0d-3409557fa9dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937"
source_hash: "c35f5860988474768124c85962d9883d60e5f53a8cf20f60bbbaf4a324e516bc"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1937 (20092010) — Pupil health: immunizations.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to cooperate with the local health officer in measures necessary for the prevention and control of communicable diseases in schoolage children, and authorizes the board to permit a licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed registered nurse acting under the direction of a supervising physician and surgeon to administer an immunizing agent to a pupil whose parents have consented, as specified.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937&version=20090AB193799INT)
2. **04/13/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937&version=20090AB193798AMD)
3. **04/28/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937&version=20090AB193797AMD)
4. **05/25/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937&version=20090AB193796AMD)
5. **06/23/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937&version=20090AB193795AMD)
6. **08/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937&version=20090AB193793CHP)
7. **AB1937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937)
8. **08/12/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1937&version=20090AB193794ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1937 Fletcher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1937 FLETCHER Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1937 FLETCHER Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fletcher — primary (person)
- Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 5042.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-05-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4311.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-09** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6085.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
- **2010-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 203, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/303673cc-cf09-43f8-aa0d-3409557fa9dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).