republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1850.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educational services: permanent residents: foreign nationals."
description: "(1) The existing California Civil Liberties Public Education Act has been enacted for the stated purpose of sponsoring public educational activities and development of educational materials to ensure that the events surrounding the exclusion, forced removal, and internment of persons of Japanese ancestry will be remembered and so that the causes and circumstances of this and similar events may be illuminated and understood."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1850"
citation: "California AB 1850 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Educational services: permanent residents: foreign nationals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-10"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff217398-efa6-4faa-b193-c1acd382e494"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1850"
source_hash: "a95a3a87689d047c1b8f4da705a78b1df45d0b6281f999b0892cdf3f1ed4dd58"
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 1850 (20152016) — Educational services: permanent residents: foreign nationals.

(1) The existing California Civil Liberties Public Education Act has been enacted for the stated purpose of sponsoring public educational activities and development of educational materials to ensure that the events surrounding the exclusion, forced removal, and internment of persons of Japanese ancestry will be remembered and so that the causes and circumstances of this and similar events may be illuminated and understood.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1850&version=20150AB185099INT)
2. **04/07/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1850&version=20150AB185098AMD)
3. **05/02/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1850&version=20150AB185097AMD)
4. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1850&version=20150AB185095CHP)
5. **AB1850** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1850)
6. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1850&version=20150AB185096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1850 Eduardo Garcia — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1850 GARCIA, E. Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4690.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4647.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 69, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff217398-efa6-4faa-b193-c1acd382e494`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).