---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil enrollment: military dependents."
description: "Existing law provides that each person between 6 and 18 years of age not exempted is subject to compulsory full-time education and requires a person subject to compulsory education to attend the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes in the school district in which the residence of the parents or legal guardian is located. Existing law states that a pupil complies with the residency requirements if the pupil's parent is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the boundaries of the school district while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order, and requires a parent to provide proof of residence within 10 days after the published arrival date provided on official documentation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 455"
citation: "California SB 455 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil enrollment: military dependents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2017-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e3e66fa-3e66-4ccb-8512-1164630def02"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB455"
source_hash: "c9ced259027ea83f66439700082e095f2d94485d296d8546826bfc6329c22ca2"
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 455 (20172018) — Pupil enrollment: military dependents.

Existing law provides that each person between 6 and 18 years of age not exempted is subject to compulsory full-time education and requires a person subject to compulsory education to attend the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes in the school district in which the residence of the parents or legal guardian is located. Existing law states that a pupil complies with the residency requirements if the pupil's parent is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the boundaries of the school district while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order, and requires a parent to provide proof of residence within 10 days after the published arrival date provided on official documentation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB455&version=20170SB45599INT)
2. **04/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB455&version=20170SB45598AMD)
3. **09/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB455&version=20170SB45596CHP)
4. **SB455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB455)
5. **08/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB455&version=20170SB45597ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd SB455 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2017-04-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 535.) (March 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2017-04-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 769.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Coms. on ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2769.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 239, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e3e66fa-3e66-4ccb-8512-1164630def02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).