---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local educational agency instruction collaboration agreements: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: dual language immersion programs."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. Existing law also authorizes the governing board of a school district to accept pupils from other school districts by adopting a resolution to become a school district of choice, as defined, in accordance with specified procedural requirements and limitations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 941"
citation: "California SB 941 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local educational agency instruction collaboration agreements: science", "technology", "engineering", "and mathematics: dual language immersion programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9a46b18-a04a-40ab-a5d7-f690c16ec9c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB941"
source_hash: "987fb3f195d11d02d57c34d229ae18e7d8d1f21ad28d44d6eeca534a6f2807cf"
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 SB 941 (20212022) — Local educational agency instruction collaboration agreements: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: dual language immersion programs.

Existing law authorizes the governing boards of 2 or more school districts to enter into an agreement, for a term not to exceed 5 school years, for the interdistrict attendance of pupils who are residents of the school districts. Existing law also authorizes the governing board of a school district to accept pupils from other school districts by adopting a resolution to become a school district of choice, as defined, in accordance with specified procedural requirements and limitations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB941&version=20210SB94199INT)
2. **06/30/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB941&version=20210SB94198AMD)
3. **08/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB941&version=20210SB94197AMD)
4. **09/28/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB941&version=20210SB94195CHP)
5. **SB941** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB941)
6. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB941&version=20210SB94196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 941 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB941 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Borgeas — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-09** From printer.
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2022-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3202.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2022-04-04** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3474.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6011.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5341.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 711, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9a46b18-a04a-40ab-a5d7-f690c16ec9c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).