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Bill	Pupil instruction and services: homeless children: foster children.	(1) The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act sets forth specified requirements relating to the education of homeless children and youth, as defined. Under existing state law, a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youth is required to ensure that public notice of the educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated in schools within the liaison's local educational agency, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 445	California SB 445 (20152016)	bill	Pupil instruction and services: homeless children: foster children.	enacted	Liu	6	25	7	2015-02-25	2015-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/eefdb84e-d78d-459a-9c13-4c233c80c84c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB445	75ae9b70a6f933805d05a24e848968d7319cf1b37bfa142277cbc2eaa5a4afac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 445 (20152016) — Pupil instruction and services: homeless children: foster children.

(1) The federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act sets forth specified requirements relating to the education of homeless children and youth, as defined. Under existing state law, a local educational agency liaison for homeless children and youth is required to ensure that public notice of the educational rights of homeless children and youths is disseminated in schools within the liaison's local educational agency, 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
2. 04/15/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/09/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/09/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB445 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/27/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent #1 — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #7 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 445 Liu Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Liu — 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.
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 522.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
• 2015-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 884.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1031.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-06-17 June 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2534.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-08-25 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2015-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2205.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2015-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 289, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eefdb84e-d78d-459a-9c13-4c233c80c84c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).