Pupil instruction: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Chinese Americans' contributions to establishment of transcontinental railroad.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to incorporate materials relating to civil rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use, consistent with the subject frameworks on history and social science and other requirements. Under existing law, the Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer, liberator, and witness oral testimony into the teaching of human rights, genocide, and the Holocaust. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education.
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California Legislature
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AB 2864
California AB 2864 (20152016)
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Pupil instruction: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Chinese Americans' contributions to establishment of transcontinental railroad.
California AB 2864 (20152016) — Pupil instruction: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882: Chinese Americans' contributions to establishment of transcontinental railroad.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to incorporate materials relating to civil rights, human rights violations, genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use, consistent with the subject frameworks on history and social science and other requirements. Under existing law, the Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer, liberator, and witness oral testimony into the teaching of human rights, genocide, and the Holocaust. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2864 CHAU Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2864 Chau By Pan — 35–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Chau — primary (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
2016-04-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4790.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2016-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. 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. committee-passage
2016-06-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 4952.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 648, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/faddc5ec-8331-4789-a090-1d63c637529c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).