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type: "Bill"
title: "Free or reduced-price meals: summer school session: waivers."
description: "Existing law requires each school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining any kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday, except as specified. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to grant a one-year waiver from that requirement during a summer school session if specified conditions exist. Existing law requires an application for a waiver to be submitted no later than 30 days prior to the last regular meeting of the state board before the commencement of the summer school session for which the waiver is sought."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2555"
citation: "California AB 2555 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Free or reduced-price meals: summer school session: waivers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2089bc-ef76-4d09-82c7-0c846b784f12"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2555"
source_hash: "440225291fca21922ebaa74aa19593c7c7b4b8647af6f36d95c88329a8dc1b3e"
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 2555 (20112012) — Free or reduced-price meals: summer school session: waivers.
Existing law requires each school district or county superintendent of schools maintaining any kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to provide for each needy pupil one nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each schoolday, except as specified. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to grant a one-year waiver from that requirement during a summer school session if specified conditions exist. Existing law requires an application for a waiver to be submitted no later than 30 days prior to the last regular meeting of the state board before the commencement of the summer school session for which the waiver is sought.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2555&version=20110AB255599INT)
2. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2555&version=20110AB255597CHP)
3. **AB2555** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2555)
4. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2555&version=20110AB255598ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **51** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2555 Carter By Hancock — **2315** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **63** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **124** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **61** (pass) · upper
- AB 2555 CARTER Assembly Third Reading — **4924** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carter — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 4597.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 4571.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 391, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e2089bc-ef76-4d09-82c7-0c846b784f12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).