republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-381.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School attendance: residency requirements."
description: "Existing law provides that a pupil is deemed to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil satisfies one of the specified requirements. Until July 1, 2012, existing law authorizes a school district in which at least one parent or the legal guardian of a pupil is employed to allow that pupil to attend a school in that district through grade 12 if the parent or legal guardian of the pupil so chooses and if the parent or legal guardian of the pupil continues to be employed by an employer situated within the attendance boundaries of the district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 381"
citation: "California SB 381 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School attendance: residency requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c125b79-a90b-4752-93a1-dc197cdd9a3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB381"
source_hash: "03678b12a57a11ea2c5ccc88961bfbe756e2b74a9d12ca96ddac099d1cc0d2b7"
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 381 (20112012) — School attendance: residency requirements.

Existing law provides that a pupil is deemed to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil satisfies one of the specified requirements. Until July 1, 2012, existing law authorizes a school district in which at least one parent or the legal guardian of a pupil is employed to allow that pupil to attend a school in that district through grade 12 if the parent or legal guardian of the pupil so chooses and if the parent or legal guardian of the pupil continues to be employed by an employer situated within the attendance boundaries of the district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB381&version=20110SB38199INT)
2. **04/06/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB381&version=20110SB38198AMD)
3. **06/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB381&version=20110SB38197AMD)
4. **10/03/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB381&version=20110SB38195CHP)
5. **SB381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB381)
6. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB381&version=20110SB38196ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB381 Pavley Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 381 Pavley Senate Third Reading By BROWNLEY — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Donnelly — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2011-03-17** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-03-18** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 493.) (March 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 596.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-05** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2773.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2268.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 447, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c125b79-a90b-4752-93a1-dc197cdd9a3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).