---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil fees."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Legislature to provide for a system of common schools by which a free school is required to be kept up and supported in each district. Existing law prohibits a pupil enrolled in school from being required to pay a fee, deposit, or other charge not specifically authorized by law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1575"
citation: "California AB 1575 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02dd9daf-bcbf-488d-92ad-db145766528b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1575"
source_hash: "1b8f45b72eb016ea0e73f5f66a1709bec679256dc1671962521d99e0bb37c707"
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 1575 (20112012) — Pupil fees.

(1) Existing law requires the Legislature to provide for a system of common schools by which a free school is required to be kept up and supported in each district. Existing law prohibits a pupil enrolled in school from being required to pay a fee, deposit, or other charge not specifically authorized by law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1575&version=20110AB157599INT)
2. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1575&version=20110AB157598AMD)
3. **05/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1575&version=20110AB157597AMD)
4. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1575&version=20110AB157596AMD)
5. **09/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1575&version=20110AB157594CHP)
6. **AB1575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1575)
7. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1575&version=20110AB157595ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1575 LARA Assembly Third Reading Amend By LARA Set #1 — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1575 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1575 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **50–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1575 Lara By Lowenthal — **23–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- John A. Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2012-02-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5106.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5176.)
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 5186.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4745.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 6382.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 776, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02dd9daf-bcbf-488d-92ad-db145766528b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).