---
type: "Bill"
title: "School curriculum: social sciences: Bracero program."
description: "Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include instruction in social sciences, and authorizes that instruction to include instruction on World War II and the roles of Americans and Filipinos in that war."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 993"
citation: "California SB 993 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School curriculum: social sciences: Bracero program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-02"
last_action: "2012-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bd3e76e-e7be-4302-8787-a2fe559ea22b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB993"
source_hash: "c66ffbced205a538bc32688bb22fe0d5bcd34eadb64ac780ae0e3928f27fb6ee"
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 993 (20112012) — School curriculum: social sciences: Bracero program.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include instruction in social sciences, and authorizes that instruction to include instruction on World War II and the roles of Americans and Filipinos in that war.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB993&version=20110SB99399INT)
2. **03/08/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB993&version=20110SB99398AMD)
3. **05/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB993&version=20110SB99397AMD)
4. **08/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB993&version=20110SB99395CHP)
5. **SB993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB993)
6. **08/14/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB993&version=20110SB99396ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB993 De León Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 993 De León Senate Third Reading By PÉREZ, V.M. — **59–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB993 De León — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Perea — principal coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3119.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 3219.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-14** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 13. Page 5842.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4466.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2012-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 211, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bd3e76e-e7be-4302-8787-a2fe559ea22b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).