---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elementary and secondary education: omnibus revisions."
description: "Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools throughout the state. These schools are operated by local educational agencies and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2659"
citation: "California AB 2659 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elementary and secondary education: omnibus revisions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c71f8e1-75e4-4b7d-a345-d46a1bd0fdb3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2659"
source_hash: "d788383c655c1551381b4dbcc486c4ad42e85ac147962d5bf085bfb50cef9422"
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 2659 (20152016) — Elementary and secondary education: omnibus revisions.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools throughout the state. These schools are operated by local educational agencies and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2659&version=20150AB265999INT)
2. **04/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2659&version=20150AB265998AMD)
3. **08/02/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2659&version=20150AB265997AMD)
4. **08/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2659&version=20150AB265995CHP)
5. **AB2659** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2659)
6. **08/16/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2659&version=20150AB265996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2659 ED. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By O'DONNELL — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2659 Committee On ED. (O'Donnell) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2659 ED. Consent Calendar Second Day — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-23** Introduced measure version corrected. `introduction`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-25** 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`
- **2016-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4960.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4871.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5815.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c71f8e1-75e4-4b7d-a345-d46a1bd0fdb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).