--- type: "Bill" title: "COVID-19 relief and school reopening, reporting, and public health requirements." description: "(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law establishes procedures for the apportionment of state funds to these local educational agencies. Existing law, for purposes of calculating apportionments for the 2020–21 fiscal year, requires a local educational agency to offer in-person instruction and authorizes these agencies to offer distance learning, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "AB 86" citation: "California AB 86 (20212022)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["COVID-19 relief and school reopening", "reporting", "and public health requirements."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"] version_count: 6 action_count: 24 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2020-12-07" last_action: "2021-03-05" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/457520b5-d98a-4713-b167-738e6b52e95d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB86" source_hash: "da15c997c230395a6d0d5a6104eeda4cd74ffaceadb09e398f4ebaf46a8217d8" 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 86 (20212022) — COVID-19 relief and school reopening, reporting, and public health requirements. (1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law establishes procedures for the apportionment of state funds to these local educational agencies. Existing law, for purposes of calculating apportionments for the 2020–21 fiscal year, requires a local educational agency to offer in-person instruction and authorizes these agencies to offer distance learning, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB86&version=20210AB8699INT) 2. **02/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB86&version=20210AB8698AMD) 3. **03/01/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB86&version=20210AB8697AMD) 4. **03/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB86&version=20210AB8695CHP) 5. **AB86** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB86) 6. **03/04/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB86&version=20210AB8696ENR) ## Votes - Do pass — **18–0** (pass) · upper - AB 86 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **72–4** (pass) · lower - AB 86 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **48–13** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB86 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Committee on Budget — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7. - **2021-01-11** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee` - **2021-01-11** Ordered to second reading. - **2021-01-11** (Ayes 46. Noes 13. Page 108.) - **2021-01-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-01-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 13. Page 163.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-01-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2021-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2021-02-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. - **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-02-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2021-02-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2021-03-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-03-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-03-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-03-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 6 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2021-03-04** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. - **2021-03-04** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 16. Page 581.) - **2021-03-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 582.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-03-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m. - **2021-03-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-03-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 10, Statutes of 2020. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/457520b5-d98a-4713-b167-738e6b52e95d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).