---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter schools."
description: "(1) The Ralph M. Brown Act requires that all meetings of the legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 126"
citation: "California SB 126 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29c3ea7c-8915-4e1f-bbf5-80fdee11be31"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB126"
source_hash: "686a7fe91e9edb5018b1887b913768cfb22925a807e02d4708e7ef342a8ded26"
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 126 (20192020) — Charter schools.

(1) The Ralph M. Brown Act requires that all meetings of the legislative body, as defined, of a local agency be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act requires, with specified exceptions, that all meetings of a state body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB126&version=20190SB12699INT)
2. **02/14/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB126&version=20190SB12698AMD)
3. **03/05/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB126&version=20190SB12696CHP)
4. **SB126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB126)
5. **03/01/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB126&version=20190SB12697ENR)

## Votes

- SB 126 Leyva Senate Third Reading By O'DONNELL — **64–10** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB126 Leyva et al. — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leyva — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Chau — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)
- O'Donnell — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-02-15** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Set for hearing February 19 in ED. pending receipt.
- **2019-02-15** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 191.) (February 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 202.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2019-02-21** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Coauthors Revised.
- **2019-02-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (February 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 10. Page 531.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-03-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29c3ea7c-8915-4e1f-bbf5-80fdee11be31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).