---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: military families."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a school district of choice, as defined, to give priority for attendance to children of military personnel, if the school district elected to accept transfer pupils by a resolution adopted by the governing board of the school district prior to April 1, 2005."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 343"
citation: "California AB 343 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: military families."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldana"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad7ed39f-073a-41d8-b00b-4af7e7d61933"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB343"
source_hash: "504f615713e4608015e1ad6d5d789711317065669349f5578d62feb6f0f1da9f"
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 343 (20092010) — Pupils: military families.

(1) Existing law authorizes a school district of choice, as defined, to give priority for attendance to children of military personnel, if the school district elected to accept transfer pupils by a resolution adopted by the governing board of the school district prior to April 1, 2005.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB343&version=20090AB34399INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB343&version=20090AB34398AMD)
3. **04/29/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB343&version=20090AB34397AMD)
4. **06/01/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB343&version=20090AB34396AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB343&version=20090AB34394CHP)
6. **AB343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB343)
7. **09/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB343&version=20090AB34395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB343 Saldana By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 343 SALDANA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldana — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1949.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-31** (received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11))
- **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2105.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad7ed39f-073a-41d8-b00b-4af7e7d61933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).