---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instructional materials and curriculum: diversity."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Safe Place to Learn Act, requires the State Department of Education, as part of its regular monitoring and review of a local educational agency, to assess whether the local educational agency has, among other things, adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on specified protected characteristics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1078"
citation: "California AB 1078 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Instructional materials and curriculum", "diversity"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25fd7da8-fa1f-4108-a1ce-5af128a21de0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078"
source_hash: "b253de7d7b6fa618aa84d48aad5868dabd7150c2d2f83ecd8698ab5eae3a4a0e"
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 1078 (20232024) — Instructional materials and curriculum: diversity.

(1) Existing law, the Safe Place to Learn Act, requires the State Department of Education, as part of its regular monitoring and review of a local educational agency, to assess whether the local educational agency has, among other things, adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on specified protected characteristics.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078&version=20230AB107899INT)
2. **05/02/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078&version=20230AB107898AMD)
3. **06/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078&version=20230AB107897AMD)
4. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078&version=20230AB107896AMD)
5. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078&version=20230AB107895AMD)
6. **09/25/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078&version=20230AB107893CHP)
7. **AB1078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078)
8. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1078&version=20230AB107894ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1078 Jackson et al. By Gonzalez Urgency Clause — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 1078 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **62–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1078 JACKSON Concurrence - Urgency Added — **61–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 16. Page 1893.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2459.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3056.)
- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 17. Page 3054.)
- **2023-09-07** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 3056.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25fd7da8-fa1f-4108-a1ce-5af128a21de0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).