republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1719.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: cardiopulmonary resuscitation."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a school district or school to provide a comprehensive program in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, or both, to pupils and employees in accordance with specified guidelines. Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to satisfy certain requirements as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation from high school. These requirements include the completion of designated coursework in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. Existing law authorizes a governing board of a school district to adopt other coursework requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1719"
citation: "California AB 1719 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: cardiopulmonary resuscitation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-01-27"
last_action: "2016-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc55deda-acac-424c-9f8d-195b9e0c6af7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719"
source_hash: "602f0cf36dbd89f836dc4dbf8460e96b07876f3e28d99113c321ce80753398f9"
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 1719 (20152016) — Pupil instruction: cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(1) Existing law authorizes a school district or school to provide a comprehensive program in first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, or both, to pupils and employees in accordance with specified guidelines. Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to satisfy certain requirements as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation from high school. These requirements include the completion of designated coursework in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. Existing law authorizes a governing board of a school district to adopt other coursework requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719&version=20150AB171999INT)
2. **03/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719&version=20150AB171998AMD)
3. **04/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719&version=20150AB171997AMD)
4. **04/21/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719&version=20150AB171996AMD)
5. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719&version=20150AB171995AMD)
6. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719&version=20150AB171994AMD)
7. **09/24/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719&version=20150AB171992CHP)
8. **AB1719** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719)
9. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1719&version=20150AB171993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1719 RODRIGUEZ Assembly Third Reading — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1719 Rodriguez By Hill — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1719 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Kim — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** 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`
- **2016-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 5021.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5123.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6396.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc55deda-acac-424c-9f8d-195b9e0c6af7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).