republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2537.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: 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, 2017, existing law authorizes a school district within the boundaries of which at least one parent or the legal guardian of a pupil is physically employed for a minimum of 10 hours during the school week to allow that pupil to attend a school in that school 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 physically employed by an employer situated within the attendance boundaries of the school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2537"
citation: "California AB 2537 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: school attendance: residency requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20849ffb-2616-4b8b-ad0a-c5f07515e4b6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2537"
source_hash: "8d2f737819ab8809b33fd2116c08a2187538eed5234424c4020b3bc8dd18a31d"
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 2537 (20152016) — Pupils: 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, 2017, existing law authorizes a school district within the boundaries of which at least one parent or the legal guardian of a pupil is physically employed for a minimum of 10 hours during the school week to allow that pupil to attend a school in that school 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 physically employed by an employer situated within the attendance boundaries of the school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2537&version=20150AB253799INT)
2. **03/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2537&version=20150AB253798AMD)
3. **07/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2537&version=20150AB253796CHP)
4. **AB2537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2537)
5. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2537&version=20150AB253797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2537 O'DONNELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2537 O'Donnell — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-14** 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`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4362.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-09** 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 4643.). `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.
- **2016-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 106, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20849ffb-2616-4b8b-ad0a-c5f07515e4b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).