---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: personal finance."
description: "(1) Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. These graduation requirements include, among others, the completion of 3 courses in social studies, including a one-semester course in economics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2927"
citation: "California AB 2927 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction", "high school graduation requirements", "personal finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83503cf8-82fd-4de4-9601-e217884baf76"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927"
source_hash: "921f75e6fa99ca82bf49619a8ca5378bc8d1329b5d580d72f176437458aa16ec"
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 2927 (20232024) — Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: personal finance.

(1) Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. These graduation requirements include, among others, the completion of 3 courses in social studies, including a one-semester course in economics.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927&version=20230AB292799INT)
2. **04/30/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927&version=20230AB292798AMD)
3. **06/13/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927&version=20230AB292797AMD)
4. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927&version=20230AB292796AMD)
5. **06/24/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927&version=20230AB292795AMD)
6. **06/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927&version=20230AB292793CHP)
7. **AB2927** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927)
8. **06/27/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2927&version=20230AB292794ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2927 McCarty et al. By Limón Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2927 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2927 McCARTY Concurrence - Urgency Added — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
- Alvarez — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Joe Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — principal coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — principal coauthor (person)
- Soria — principal coauthor (person)
- Ting — principal coauthor (person)
- Wallis — coauthor (person)
- Wilson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5517.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** 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`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 4666.)
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-06-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6083.)
- **2024-06-27** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6083.)
- **2024-06-27** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6085.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 37, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83503cf8-82fd-4de4-9601-e217884baf76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).