---
type: "Bill"
title: "Interdistrict attendance: prohibition on transfers by a school district of residence."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. Existing law, regardless of whether there is an interdistrict attendance agreement or permit, prohibits a school district of residence from prohibiting the transfer of a pupil who is a child of an active military duty parent to the school district of proposed enrollment if the school district of proposed enrollment approves the application for transfer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1127"
citation: "California AB 1127 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Interdistrict attendance: prohibition on transfers by a school district of residence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18942032-4aa3-4df9-b760-295163de26e5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1127"
source_hash: "5dd3f1db916f6eb2693e4bb0651ba59daf14d745a0848e3dc9a5255a1db2d256"
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 1127 (20192020) — Interdistrict attendance: prohibition on transfers by a school district of residence.

Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. Existing law, regardless of whether there is an interdistrict attendance agreement or permit, prohibits a school district of residence from prohibiting the transfer of a pupil who is a child of an active military duty parent to the school district of proposed enrollment if the school district of proposed enrollment approves the application for transfer.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1127&version=20190AB112799INT)
2. **04/22/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1127&version=20190AB112798AMD)
3. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1127&version=20190AB112796CHP)
4. **AB1127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1127)
5. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1127&version=20190AB112797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB1127 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1127 Luz Rivas Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
- Robert Rivas — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-04-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1591.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2713.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 781, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18942032-4aa3-4df9-b760-295163de26e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).