---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter schools: operation."
description: "The Charter Schools Act of 1992 provides for the establishment and operation of a charter school and authorizes a charter school to elect to operate as, or be operated by, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 406"
citation: "California AB 406 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter schools: operation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6507409c-2e0e-41de-9b1b-c4b4f8865d31"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406"
source_hash: "b50e55846656e50008ad767913fb3fe5ac0c9d57e93309b0dc46e78e6546193e"
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 406 (20172018) — Charter schools: operation.

The Charter Schools Act of 1992 provides for the establishment and operation of a charter school and authorizes a charter school to elect to operate as, or be operated by, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406&version=20170AB40699INT)
2. **03/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406&version=20170AB40698AMD)
3. **05/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406&version=20170AB40697AMD)
4. **06/27/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406&version=20170AB40696AMD)
5. **09/07/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406&version=20170AB40694CHP)
6. **AB406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406)
7. **08/24/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB406&version=20170AB40695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 406 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–16** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB406 McCarty By Allen — **28–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)
- Thurmond — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** 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`
- **2017-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 1989.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-07-10** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 5043.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6486.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6507409c-2e0e-41de-9b1b-c4b4f8865d31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).