--- type: "Bill" title: "Public holidays: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day." description: "Existing law prescribes the holidays in this state for community colleges." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "SB 568" citation: "California SB 568 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public holidays: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2019-02-22" last_action: "2019-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e876606-853a-4372-ade3-81dd501f6f48" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568" source_hash: "bd34b1dc2b5a6056b53d0d50dc7f750c7dd64ee8b7b11e9370716d4b16f8548b" 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 568 (20192020) — Public holidays: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Existing law prescribes the holidays in this state for community colleges. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56899INT) 2. **04/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56898AMD) 3. **05/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56897AMD) 4. **06/13/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56896AMD) 5. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56894CHP) 6. **SB568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568) 7. **09/04/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56895ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB568 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading SB568 Portantino et al. — **31–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **4–2** (pass) · upper - SB 568 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Friedman — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower - That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Portantino — primary (person) - Arambula — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. - **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-08** Set for hearing April 10. - **2019-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 649.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2019-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6. - **2019-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16. - **2019-05-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1103.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2019-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 1254.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2019-06-10** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-06-26** Coauthors revised. - **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-07-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2571.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-07-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2019-07-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2019-07-11** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2032.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-08-15** Set for hearing August 28. - **2019-08-28** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2313.) `committee-passage` - **2019-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2437.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 648, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e876606-853a-4372-ade3-81dd501f6f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).