---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil residency: pupils of military families."
description: "Existing law requires each person between 6 and 18 years of age not otherwise exempted to attend a public full-time day school or continuation school or classes in the school district where the residency of the person's parent or legal guardian is located. Existing law provides that a pupil is deemed to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil satisfies one of specified requirements. Existing law provides that a pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil's parent is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2949"
citation: "California AB 2949 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil residency: pupils of military families."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gloria"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f21b26e-b6c4-4bdd-b8c0-5e45be0e9c1c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2949"
source_hash: "16e9d81e3eee957bb2e98792d12a7731f27e453626803d8a70d4ffcb72b25092"
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 2949 (20172018) — Pupil residency: pupils of military families.

Existing law requires each person between 6 and 18 years of age not otherwise exempted to attend a public full-time day school or continuation school or classes in the school district where the residency of the person's parent or legal guardian is located. Existing law provides that a pupil is deemed to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil satisfies one of specified requirements. Existing law provides that a pupil complies with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil's parent is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2949&version=20170AB294999INT)
2. **03/13/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2949&version=20170AB294998AMD)
3. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2949&version=20170AB294997AMD)
4. **06/12/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2949&version=20170AB294996AMD)
5. **09/10/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2949&version=20170AB294994CHP)
6. **AB2949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2949)
7. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2949&version=20170AB294995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB2949 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2949 GLORIA Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2949 GLORIA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gloria — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Coms. on ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** 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`
- **2018-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-03** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5007.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Coms. on ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5282.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6362.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 327, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f21b26e-b6c4-4bdd-b8c0-5e45be0e9c1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).