---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: prohibition of discriminatory content."
description: "Existing law requires instruction in social sciences to include a study of the role and contributions of both men and women and specified categories of persons to the development of California and the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 48"
citation: "California SB 48 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: prohibition of discriminatory content."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-12-13"
last_action: "2011-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc444742-6436-4bda-8779-826be83be62a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB48"
source_hash: "0e20aab96c228c3f3d40e09652c3475bde60057014722136f3e3d2c6c0826940"
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 SB 48 (20112012) — Pupil instruction: prohibition of discriminatory content.

Existing law requires instruction in social sciences to include a study of the role and contributions of both men and women and specified categories of persons to the development of California and the United States.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/13/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB48&version=20110SB4899INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB48&version=20110SB4898AMD)
3. **07/14/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB48&version=20110SB4896CHP)
4. **SB48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB48)
5. **07/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB48&version=20110SB4897ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 48 Leno Senate Third Reading By AMMIANO — **50–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Ammiano — principal coauthor (person)
- Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — principal coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Hayashi — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — principal coauthor (person)
- Lara — principal coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-13** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-12-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 13.
- **2011-01-03** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Set for hearing March 16.
- **2011-03-09** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-03-10** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2011-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 426.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 559.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 651.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 2189.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-07-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 81, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc444742-6436-4bda-8779-826be83be62a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).