---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: pupil transfers: residency requirements: records."
description: "(1) If an individual with exceptional needs, as defined, transfers from outside the state to a district, as defined, in the state, or transfers from district to district, within the same academic year, existing law requires local educational agencies, as defined, to provide the pupil with a free appropriate public education, including services comparable to those described in the previously approved individualized education program, in consultation with the parents, until the local educational agency conducts a federally required assessment, if determined to be necessary by the local educational agency, and develops a new individualized education program, if appropriate, that is consistent with federal and state law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1412"
citation: "California AB 1412 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Specialeducation", "pupiltransfers", "records", "residencyrequirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Gonzalez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44540d36-bc8d-4ddf-869f-e0a5c75d43ca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1412"
source_hash: "0c9210a0bf31d9b927682b944ff0fcdba6943ac223278c4f8a9bff06c46edf9d"
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 1412 (20252026) — Special education: pupil transfers: residency requirements: records.

(1) If an individual with exceptional needs, as defined, transfers from outside the state to a district, as defined, in the state, or transfers from district to district, within the same academic year, existing law requires local educational agencies, as defined, to provide the pupil with a free appropriate public education, including services comparable to those described in the previously approved individualized education program, in consultation with the parents, until the local educational agency conducts a federally required assessment, if determined to be necessary by the local educational agency, and develops a new individualized education program, if appropriate, that is consistent with federal and state law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1412&version=20250AB141299INT)
2. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1412&version=20250AB141298AMD)
3. **10/07/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1412&version=20250AB141296CHP)
4. **AB1412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1412)
5. **08/27/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1412&version=20250AB141297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1412 Jeff Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1412 Jeff Gonzalez et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Schiavo — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1657.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2252.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44540d36-bc8d-4ddf-869f-e0a5c75d43ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).