---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: social sciences: deportations to Mexico."
description: "Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences. Existing law requires the instruction in social sciences, for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to provide instruction in, among other things, human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, and contemporary issues."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 146"
citation: "California AB 146 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: social sciences: deportations to Mexico."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-01-13"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fdf3010-8b74-4bc5-8ff7-29ad8c5ae0c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB146"
source_hash: "d376dd4ba744639953ca9549eb0a1271754fbc8fdae7c05bb89cf0512e07fbdd"
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 146 (20152016) — Pupil instruction: social sciences: deportations to Mexico.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences. Existing law requires the instruction in social sciences, for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to provide instruction in, among other things, human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust, and contemporary issues.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB146&version=20150AB14699INT)
2. **02/25/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB146&version=20150AB14698AMD)
3. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB146&version=20150AB14697AMD)
4. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB146&version=20150AB14695CHP)
5. **AB146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB146)
6. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB146&version=20150AB14696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB146 Cristina Garcia By Lara — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- AB 146 GARCIA, C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–10** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 146 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — **62–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-14** From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
- **2015-01-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 9. Page 1778.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-13** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2406.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 10. Page 2907.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 392, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fdf3010-8b74-4bc5-8ff7-29ad8c5ae0c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).