---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: social sciences: State and Federal Constitutions."
description: "Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to ensure that certain historical documents are incorporated, as appropriate, into the history-social science framework."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 424"
citation: "California AB 424 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: social sciences: State and Federal Constitutions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donnelly"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31acc7c7-ce9e-4987-8ce9-bbaa7aa78579"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB424"
source_hash: "d63892834e0171e437d73d0aa59877dbf7685fa9a1190151134e82ee606c073a"
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 424 (20132014) — Pupil instruction: social sciences: State and Federal Constitutions.

Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission to ensure that certain historical documents are incorporated, as appropriate, into the history-social science framework.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB424&version=20130AB42499INT)
2. **03/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB424&version=20130AB42498AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB424&version=20130AB42497AMD)
4. **05/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB424&version=20130AB42496AMD)
5. **10/02/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB424&version=20130AB42494CHP)
6. **AB424** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB424)
7. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB424&version=20130AB42495ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB424 Donnelly By Wyland — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **2–5** (fail) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration granted. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 424 DONNELLY Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donnelly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
- **2013-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Reconsideration granted.
- **2013-05-06** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 66. Noes 1. Page 1244.)
- **2013-05-06** (J.R. 62(a) suspended to allow the Com. on ED. to grant reconsideration after 15 legislative days.)
- **2013-05-06** Received May 3 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(a)(2).
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1580.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2177.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 484, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31acc7c7-ce9e-4987-8ce9-bbaa7aa78579`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).