---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: social sciences: farm labor movement: Filipinos."
description: "Existing law requires a school district, as part of its adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including, among others, social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 123"
citation: "California AB 123 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: social sciences: farm labor movement: Filipinos."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-14"
last_action: "2013-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6aca495-5a0b-4ae7-bd80-8a6dc716c0f5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB123"
source_hash: "fbd0713eaa308e5775023aab615e1eee3743f077e0e6d5b8bfa75e49edd27b88"
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 123 (20132014) — Pupil instruction: social sciences: farm labor movement: Filipinos.

Existing law requires a school district, as part of its adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including, among others, social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB123&version=20130AB12399INT)
2. **04/02/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB123&version=20130AB12398AMD)
3. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB123&version=20130AB12397AMD)
4. **10/02/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB123&version=20130AB12395CHP)
5. **AB123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB123)
6. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB123&version=20130AB12396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB123 Bonta By Lara — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 123 BONTA Assembly Third Reading — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonta — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Gomez — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2013-01-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 1717.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2245.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 476, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6aca495-5a0b-4ae7-bd80-8a6dc716c0f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).