---
type: "Bill"
title: "School attendance: residency requirements: foster children."
description: "Existing law requires persons between the ages of 6 and 18 to attend a public school within the school district in which the pupil's parent or legal guardian resides, unless otherwise exempted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1573"
citation: "California AB 1573 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School attendance: residency requirements: foster children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brownley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/707f6223-692c-4f83-a87f-03bf22a70ea9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1573"
source_hash: "0bb82f8da03d6a337e931cc2f64266466952e0dc63d3aaa3ecdc1694c591bfa9"
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 1573 (20112012) — School attendance: residency requirements: foster children.

Existing law requires persons between the ages of 6 and 18 to attend a public school within the school district in which the pupil's parent or legal guardian resides, unless otherwise exempted.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1573&version=20110AB157399INT)
2. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1573&version=20110AB157397CHP)
3. **AB1573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1573)
4. **07/02/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1573&version=20110AB157398ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1573 BROWNLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brownley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2012-02-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-28** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4344.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4182.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/707f6223-692c-4f83-a87f-03bf22a70ea9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).