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Bill	School facilities: use by nonprofit youth organizations: recreational youth sports leagues.	Existing law, known as the Civic Center Act, authorizes the governing board of a school district to grant the use of school facilities or grounds as a civic center, for specified purposes, upon terms and conditions deemed proper by the governing board of the school district. The act requires the governing board of a school district to authorize the use of school facilities or grounds by a nonprofit organization, or by a club or an association organized to promote youth and school activities, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, Camp Fire USA, the YMCA, a parent-teacher association, or a school-community advisory council. The act authorizes and requires the governing board of a school district to charge certain fees for use of its school facilities or grounds.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1557	California AB 1557 (20152016)	bill	School facilities: use by nonprofit youth organizations: recreational youth sports leagues.	enacted	Mathis	9	25	4	2016-01-04	2016-08-17	openstates	ocd-bill/816e1852-8f2a-40f9-9ff8-470d642bc68a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1557	7913d3e0ef59d5169a1596fb379473c4fa1f31c8c4f1f5b009fdac49d8b6b46f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1557 (20152016) — School facilities: use by nonprofit youth organizations: recreational youth sports leagues.

Existing law, known as the Civic Center Act, authorizes the governing board of a school district to grant the use of school facilities or grounds as a civic center, for specified purposes, upon terms and conditions deemed proper by the governing board of the school district. The act requires the governing board of a school district to authorize the use of school facilities or grounds by a nonprofit organization, or by a club or an association organized to promote youth and school activities, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts, Camp Fire USA, the YMCA, a parent-teacher association, or a school-community advisory council. The act authorizes and requires the governing board of a school district to charge certain fees for use of its school facilities or grounds.

Version chain

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

1. 01/04/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/25/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/08/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/26/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/11/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/17/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1557 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/03/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1557 MATHIS Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1557 Mathis By Anderson — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mathis — primary (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Chávez — coauthor (person)
• Cooley — coauthor (person)
• Cooper — coauthor (person)
• Harper — coauthor (person)
• Huff — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Runner — coauthor (person)
• Wagner — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-04 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-01-05 From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
• 2016-02-04 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-02-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-02-29 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-03-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-05-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 4). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4895.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4727.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-02 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2016-08-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2016-08-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 120, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/816e1852-8f2a-40f9-9ff8-470d642bc68a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).