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Bill	Pupil instruction: Native American studies: model curriculum.	Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include, among other subjects, the social sciences. Existing law requires the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to establish a list of textbooks and other instructional materials that highlight the contributions of minorities in the development of California and the United States. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the state board.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 738	California AB 738 (20172018)	bill	Pupil instruction: Native American studies: model curriculum.	enacted	Limón	7	29	8	2017-02-15	2017-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/f27b636f-ea40-4a16-9a27-4aee8af91ac2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB738	59affc4fb472b1b0c1031f16732be21673ec43bb76131d9095acb25c2ad03aca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 738 (20172018) — Pupil instruction: Native American studies: model curriculum.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include, among other subjects, the social sciences. Existing law requires the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to establish a list of textbooks and other instructional materials that highlight the contributions of minorities in the development of California and the United States. Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the state board.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/09/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB738 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 738 LIMÓN Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent Calendar # AB738 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 738 Limón Special Consent Calendar 1st Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Limón — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 1851.)
• 2017-05-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1855.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 1990.)
• 2017-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2044.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2910.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3424.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 614, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f27b636f-ea40-4a16-9a27-4aee8af91ac2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).