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type: "Bill"
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title: "School district governing boards: reduction of membership."
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description: "(1) Existing law establishes in each county, except a county that is also a city and county, a county committee on school district organization, and authorizes the committee to take certain actions regarding the organization of school districts and community college districts in the territory under the committee's jurisdiction. Existing law requires a committee, upon a proposal initiated by the committee or by a petition signed by a specified number of registered voters, to approve or disapprove a proposal to increase the membership of a school district governing board from 5 to 7, or to decrease membership from 7 to 5, in accordance with specified procedural requirements."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 331"
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citation: "California AB 331 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["School district governing boards: reduction of membership."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2015-02-13"
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last_action: "2015-07-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a96ef48-8e0e-4ea6-af7e-cd95f3d07241"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB331"
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source_hash: "6af52743e7a9c15cce9715d9175918ad2ac016e690370808351e79984493333b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 331 (20152016) — School district governing boards: reduction of membership.
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(1) Existing law establishes in each county, except a county that is also a city and county, a county committee on school district organization, and authorizes the committee to take certain actions regarding the organization of school districts and community college districts in the territory under the committee's jurisdiction. Existing law requires a committee, upon a proposal initiated by the committee or by a petition signed by a specified number of registered voters, to approve or disapprove a proposal to increase the membership of a school district governing board from 5 to 7, or to decrease membership from 7 to 5, in accordance with specified procedural requirements.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB331&version=20150AB33199INT)
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2. **04/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB331&version=20150AB33198AMD)
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3. **07/16/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB331&version=20150AB33196CHP)
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4. **AB331** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB331)
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5. **07/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB331&version=20150AB33197ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 331 LEVINE Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB331 Levine By Runner — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Levine — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2015-02-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1223.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1664.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-29** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2015-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 116, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a96ef48-8e0e-4ea6-af7e-cd95f3d07241`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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