---
type: "Bill"
title: "School curriculum: social sciences: Filipinos in World War II."
description: "Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include instruction in social sciences, which is permitted to include instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. Existing law encourages that instruction to include a component drawn from personal testimony of American soldiers who were involved in World War II and those men and women who contributed to the war effort on the homefront."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 199"
citation: "California AB 199 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School curriculum: social sciences: Filipinos in World War II."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-27"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fd8aecc-57db-4f3c-b50a-e54844db5891"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB199"
source_hash: "a18b69d7f75b0e6acef1a498af385b18815317437035d4c12c6a607c21b2adc9"
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 199 (20112012) — School curriculum: social sciences: Filipinos in World War II.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include instruction in social sciences, which is permitted to include instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. Existing law encourages that instruction to include a component drawn from personal testimony of American soldiers who were involved in World War II and those men and women who contributed to the war effort on the homefront.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB199&version=20110AB19999INT)
2. **03/17/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB199&version=20110AB19998AMD)
3. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB199&version=20110AB19997AMD)
4. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB199&version=20110AB19996AMD)
5. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB199&version=20110AB19994CHP)
6. **AB199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB199)
7. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB199&version=20110AB19995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 199 MA Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB199 Ma By Yee — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 199 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments By COOK — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)
- Cook — author (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Yee — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2011-03-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 904.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 1968.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2544.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 607, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fd8aecc-57db-4f3c-b50a-e54844db5891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).