---
type: "Bill"
title: "County boards of education: members."
description: "Under existing law, any registered voter is eligible to be a member of the county board of education except the county superintendent of schools, any member of his or her staff, or any employee of a school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1662"
citation: "California AB 1662 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County boards of education: members."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-14"
last_action: "2012-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58a3f73f-dd33-4006-b2f4-7f9054cc3d71"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1662"
source_hash: "9f8c4772b5d26e0f1e25296934e98143c613bbc15634e2ece36eacc250724c22"
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 1662 (20112012) — County boards of education: members.

Under existing law, any registered voter is eligible to be a member of the county board of education except the county superintendent of schools, any member of his or her staff, or any employee of a school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1662&version=20110AB166299INT)
2. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1662&version=20110AB166298AMD)
3. **09/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1662&version=20110AB166296CHP)
4. **AB1662** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1662)
5. **08/27/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1662&version=20110AB166297ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1662 Fong By Hancock — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- AB 1662 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **54–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-04-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 4670.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 4647.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 499, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58a3f73f-dd33-4006-b2f4-7f9054cc3d71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).