republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-30.md

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Bill	School or athletic team names: California Racial Mascots Act.	Existing law provides that it is the policy of this state to afford all persons in public schools equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state, as specified, and further prohibits, and provides remedies for, acts that are contrary to that policy.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 30	California AB 30 (20152016)	bill	School or athletic team names: California Racial Mascots Act.	enacted	Alejo	7	26	9	2014-12-01	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/715733c8-86c6-4730-b7c5-3417058afd02	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB30	dfe1547780866d48aedd02d59857347980fcd66a2dd23127e9c3d9826e681e1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 30 (20152016) — School or athletic team names: California Racial Mascots Act.

Existing law provides that it is the policy of this state to afford all persons in public schools equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state, as specified, and further prohibits, and provides remedies for, acts that are contrary to that policy.

Version chain

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

1. 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/03/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB30 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 30 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 60–9 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB30 Alejo By Block — 25–10 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 30 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alejo — primary (person)
• Block — principal coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
• 2015-01-16 Referred to Coms. on ED. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-07 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 1259.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-06-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-29 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 2595.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-09 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 28. Page 2990.)
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 10. Page 3048.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/715733c8-86c6-4730-b7c5-3417058afd02. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).