School curriculum: social sciences: Filipinos in World War II.
Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include instruction in social sciences, which is permitted to include instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. Existing law encourages that instruction to include a component drawn from personal testimony of American soldiers who were involved in World War II and those men and women who contributed to the war effort on the homefront.
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California Legislature
20112012
AB 199
California AB 199 (20112012)
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School curriculum: social sciences: Filipinos in World War II.
California AB 199 (20112012) — School curriculum: social sciences: Filipinos in World War II.
Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include instruction in social sciences, which is permitted to include instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. Existing law encourages that instruction to include a component drawn from personal testimony of American soldiers who were involved in World War II and those men and women who contributed to the war effort on the homefront.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 199 MA Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB199 Ma By Yee — 37–2 (pass) · upper
AB 199 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments By COOK — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ma — primary (person)
Cook — author (person)
Hill — coauthor (person)
Yee — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-01-27 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-01-28 From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
2011-03-17 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2011-03-17 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
2011-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2011-03-31 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 904.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-04-25 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2011-06-08 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2011-06-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-28 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-07-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 1968.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2544.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2011-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 607, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1fd8aecc-57db-4f3c-b50a-e54844db5891. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).