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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public health: vaccinations."
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description: "Existing law prohibits the governing authority of a school or other institution from unconditionally admitting any person as a pupil of any public or private elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center, unless prior to his or her admission to that institution he or she has been fully immunized against various diseases, including measles, mumps, and pertussis, subject to any specific age criteria. Existing law authorizes an exemption from those provisions for medical reasons or because of personal beliefs, if specified forms are submitted to the governing authority. Existing law requires the governing authority of a school or other institution to require documentary proof of each entrant's immunization status. Existing law authorizes the governing authority of a school or other institution to temporarily exclude a child from the school or institution if the authority has good cause to believe that the child has been exposed to one of those diseases, as specified."
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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: "SB 277"
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citation: "California SB 277 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public health: vaccinations."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pan"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2015-02-19"
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last_action: "2015-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5b950ff-da8a-4471-8f68-71fb3e4a144b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277"
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source_hash: "8401c04f07bdbcf6dd44604c7cbc1887f9c89ef6174fffcd1fe19e7f06976017"
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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 SB 277 (20152016) — Public health: vaccinations.
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Existing law prohibits the governing authority of a school or other institution from unconditionally admitting any person as a pupil of any public or private elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center, unless prior to his or her admission to that institution he or she has been fully immunized against various diseases, including measles, mumps, and pertussis, subject to any specific age criteria. Existing law authorizes an exemption from those provisions for medical reasons or because of personal beliefs, if specified forms are submitted to the governing authority. Existing law requires the governing authority of a school or other institution to require documentary proof of each entrant's immunization status. Existing law authorizes the governing authority of a school or other institution to temporarily exclude a child from the school or institution if the authority has good cause to believe that the child has been exposed to one of those diseases, as specified.
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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. **02/19/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27799INT)
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2. **04/09/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27798AMD)
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3. **04/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27797AMD)
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4. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27796AMD)
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5. **05/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27795AMD)
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6. **06/11/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27794AMD)
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7. **06/18/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27793AMD)
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8. **06/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27791CHP)
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9. **SB277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277)
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10. **06/29/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB277&version=20150SB27792ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB277 Pan Concurrence — **24–14** (pass) · upper
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- SB 277 Pan Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ — **46–31** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–6** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB277 Pan Amend by Anderson Lay on Table — **25–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **6–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB277 Pan and Allen — **25–11** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pan — primary (person)
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- Allen — author (person)
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- Baker — coauthor (person)
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- Beall — coauthor (person)
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- Block — coauthor (person)
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- Bloom — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Cooper — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- De León — coauthor (person)
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- Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
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- Hall — coauthor (person)
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- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
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- Hill — coauthor (person)
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- Jackson — coauthor (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
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- Leno — coauthor (person)
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- Low — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- McGuire — coauthor (person)
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- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
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- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk — coauthor (person)
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- Rendon — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
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- Wolk — coauthor (person)
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- Wood — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-19** (Corrected February 20).
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- **2015-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
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- **2015-03-05** Referred to Coms. on HEALTH, ED., and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-10** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2015-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 544.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 15.
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- **2015-04-16** April 15 set for first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
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- **2015-04-17** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 721.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-23** Set for hearing April 28.
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- **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 818.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-11** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2015-05-11** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-14** Amendments by Senator Morrell tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 992.)
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- **2015-05-14** Amendments by Senator Moorlach tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 993.)
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- **2015-05-14** Amendments by Senator Anderson tabled on motion of Senator Monning. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 993.)
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- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 993.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-05-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-06-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2015-06-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 2143.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 1661.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:15 p.m.
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- **2015-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 35, 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/d5b950ff-da8a-4471-8f68-71fb3e4a144b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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