---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil enrollment: military dependents."
description: "Existing law requires persons between 6 and 18 years of age to attend a public school within the school district in which the pupil's parent or legal guardian resides, unless otherwise exempted. Existing law provides that a pupil complies with a school district's residency requirements for school attendance in that school district if the pupil meets one of the specified requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1455"
citation: "California SB 1455 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil enrollment: military dependents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7eba7cf5-48ae-4762-9c8b-6daeacc80c53"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1455"
source_hash: "688718129bc9d93432cd1ba235b5554e2d66d2eb4bd295eb81d25904de40c93d"
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 1455 (20152016) — Pupil enrollment: military dependents.

Existing law requires persons between 6 and 18 years of age to attend a public school within the school district in which the pupil's parent or legal guardian resides, unless otherwise exempted. Existing law provides that a pupil complies with a school district's residency requirements for school attendance in that school district if the pupil meets one of the specified requirements.

## 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=201520160SB1455&version=20150SB145599INT)
2. **03/29/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1455&version=20150SB145598AMD)
3. **05/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1455&version=20150SB145597AMD)
4. **06/08/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1455&version=20150SB145596AMD)
5. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1455&version=20150SB145594CHP)
6. **SB1455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1455)
7. **08/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1455&version=20150SB145595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1455 Block Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (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

- Block — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-06** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3517.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3670.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3737.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Coms. on ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-31** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5780.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-16** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5141.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 312, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7eba7cf5-48ae-4762-9c8b-6daeacc80c53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).