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Bill	Safe schools: Safe Place to Learn Act: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning pupil resources.	Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law, the Safe Place to Learn Act, requires the State Department of Education, as part of its regular monitoring and review of a local educational agency, to assess whether the local educational agency has, among other things, adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying, as specified, and has publicized that policy to pupils, parents, employees, agents of the governing board, and the general public.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 827	California AB 827 (20152016)	bill	Safe schools: Safe Place to Learn Act: lesbian gay bisexual transgender and questioning pupil resources.	enacted	O'Donnell	9	27	6	2015-02-26	2015-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c9236b2e-152e-4c1e-a65b-1b8a19fc0914	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB827	950cf56d18a17a678245539f3c700d3311ede7606f853a0fc3c1d1fc53bf0bc1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 827 (20152016) — Safe schools: Safe Place to Learn Act: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning pupil resources.

Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law, the Safe Place to Learn Act, requires the State Department of Education, as part of its regular monitoring and review of a local educational agency, to assess whether the local educational agency has, among other things, adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying, as specified, and has publicized that policy to pupils, parents, employees, agents of the governing board, and the general public.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/04/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB827 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 827 O'DONNELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–18 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB827 O'Donnell By Block — 27–13 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 827 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — 59–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• O'Donnell — primary (person)
• Block — coauthor (person)
• Bloom — coauthor (person)
• Bonilla — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Gordon — coauthor (person)
• Leno — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 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
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-04 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 1919.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2372.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 2832.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 562, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9236b2e-152e-4c1e-a65b-1b8a19fc0914. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).