--- type: "Bill" title: "School districts: equipment inventory." description: "Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for their funding and governance. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to establish and maintain an inventory, as provided, of each item of equipment acquired by the school district that has a current market value that exceeds $500." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "AB 629" citation: "California AB 629 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Schooldistricts", "equipmentinventory"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ward"] version_count: 5 action_count: 20 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-02-13" last_action: "2025-07-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dc13811-ea35-43be-9e6a-2d07b5167b49" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB629" source_hash: "c70cb95e676802b3ee8cb2f35e190d5105026cd704a25903ad828e91ea5ae88e" 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 629 (20252026) — School districts: equipment inventory. Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for their funding and governance. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to establish and maintain an inventory, as provided, of each item of equipment acquired by the school district that has a current market value that exceeds $500. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/13/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB629&version=20250AB62999INT) 2. **03/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB629&version=20250AB62998AMD) 3. **07/28/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB629&version=20250AB62996CHP) 4. **AB629** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB629) 5. **07/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB629&version=20250AB62997ENR) ## Votes - AB 629 Ward Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Ward — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2025-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16. - **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-10** 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-1, reading-2` - **2025-03-11** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1841.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-07-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-07-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2042.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-07-10** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2025-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2025-07-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-07-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dc13811-ea35-43be-9e6a-2d07b5167b49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).