republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-436.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the K–12 High-Speed Network, as specified, for the purpose of enriching pupil educational experiences and improving pupil academic performance by providing high‑speed, high‑bandwidth Internet connectivity to the public schools. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to use a competitive grant process to select a local educational agency to serve as the Lead Education Agency to administer the network on behalf of the Superintendent. Existing law requires the Superintendent to establish a K–12 HSN advisory board to include the Superintendent, the county superintendent of schools of the Lead Education Agency, the President of the State Board of Education, and other officers of local educational agencies, including 3 schoolsite representatives, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "California SB 436 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6c963b6-8f10-4797-8a5d-198870a0c815"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB436"
source_hash: "028b1b6986d7ab1f4710575e822576c0bdcf301b2f3ae6667009454d54763bf6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 436 (20152016) — Education: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law establishes the K–12 High-Speed Network, as specified, for the purpose of enriching pupil educational experiences and improving pupil academic performance by providing high‑speed, high‑bandwidth Internet connectivity to the public schools. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to use a competitive grant process to select a local educational agency to serve as the Lead Education Agency to administer the network on behalf of the Superintendent. Existing law requires the Superintendent to establish a K–12 HSN advisory board to include the Superintendent, the county superintendent of schools of the Lead Education Agency, the President of the State Board of Education, and other officers of local educational agencies, including 3 schoolsite representatives, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB436&version=20150SB43699INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB436&version=20150SB43698AMD)
3. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB436&version=20150SB43697AMD)
4. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB436&version=20150SB43695CHP)
5. **SB436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB436)
6. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB436&version=20150SB43696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9 SB436 Committee On ED. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 436 ED. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB436 Committee On ED. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-20** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2015-04-06** 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`
- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 522.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-14** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2015-04-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 746.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-08** 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`
- **2015-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2637.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2377.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 386, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6c963b6-8f10-4797-8a5d-198870a0c815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).