Existing law assigns to the California School Finance Authority a specified amount of the state's 2010 federal tax credit bond volume cap for qualified school construction bonds, to be issued for the benefit of charter schools, or to be further assigned and distributed to one or more issuers in the state for the benefit of charter schools, as the California School Finance Authority determines. Existing law authorizes a charter school to apply for the federal qualified school construction bond volume cap if specified criteria are met.
California AB 1859 (20112012) — School facilities: charter schools.
Existing law assigns to the California School Finance Authority a specified amount of the state's 2010 federal tax credit bond volume cap for qualified school construction bonds, to be issued for the benefit of charter schools, or to be further assigned and distributed to one or more issuers in the state for the benefit of charter schools, as the California School Finance Authority determines. Existing law authorizes a charter school to apply for the federal qualified school construction bond volume cap if specified criteria are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent #13 AB1859 Buchanan By Liu — 33–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1859 BUCHANAN Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Buchanan — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2012-03-29 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-04-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4890.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-06-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-06-20 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2012-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4058.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-06-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2012-07-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9046fc36-79f0-4a85-a622-5e4b3f988d02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).