---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: health education courses: fentanyl."
description: "Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework and other course requirements adopted by a governing board of a school district while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that requires a course in health education for graduation from high school to include instruction in sexual harassment and violence, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2429"
citation: "California AB 2429 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction", "fentanyl", "health education courses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac569540-5311-4023-a1b1-6a2d06760756"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2429"
source_hash: "db9a764ee1fd0eb5870d16cde869d0cb31374d9de6eb7dc9df929b93bd0cc777"
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 2429 (20232024) — Pupil instruction: health education courses: fentanyl.

Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework and other course requirements adopted by a governing board of a school district while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. Existing law requires the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school that requires a course in health education for graduation from high school to include instruction in sexual harassment and violence, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2429&version=20230AB242999INT)
2. **04/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2429&version=20230AB242998AMD)
3. **05/06/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2429&version=20230AB242997AMD)
4. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2429&version=20230AB242995CHP)
5. **AB2429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2429)
6. **06/18/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2429&version=20230AB242996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2429 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alvarez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-04-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5107.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5181.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4489.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, 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/ac569540-5311-4023-a1b1-6a2d06760756`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).