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Bill	Foster children: records.	(1) Existing law provides that parents of currently enrolled or former pupils have an absolute right to access any and all pupil records related to their children that are maintained by school districts or private schools. Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to a person without written parental consent or under judicial order except as authorized by specified state and federal law. Existing law authorizes foster family agencies with jurisdiction over currently enrolled or former pupils to access records of grades and transcripts, and any individualized education plans developed pursuant to specified law maintained by school districts or private schools of those pupils.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 233	California SB 233 (20172018)	bill	Foster children: records.	enacted	Beall	14	40	5	2017-02-06	2017-10-15	openstates	ocd-bill/af629c60-0dab-4047-81f8-6e7594b204a4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB233	852ee0b4be73ee9456c98730975a99e4c4a5da2128e0779d36a8c6651577189a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 233 (20172018) — Foster children: records.

(1) Existing law provides that parents of currently enrolled or former pupils have an absolute right to access any and all pupil records related to their children that are maintained by school districts or private schools. Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to a person without written parental consent or under judicial order except as authorized by specified state and federal law. Existing law authorizes foster family agencies with jurisdiction over currently enrolled or former pupils to access records of grades and transcripts, and any individualized education plans developed pursuant to specified law maintained by school districts or private schools of those pupils.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/29/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/18/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/27/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 05/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/19/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/29/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 07/17/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
12. 10/15/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
13. SB233 (committee substitute) — source
14. 09/18/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 233 Beall Senate Third Reading By RUBIO — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB233 Beall et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beall — primary (person)
• Mendoza — coauthor (person)
• Vidak — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
• 2017-02-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-02-23 Set for hearing March 15.
• 2017-03-07 March 15 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-03-08 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2017-03-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 443.) (March 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. referral-committee
• 2017-04-13 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2017-04-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 849.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1179.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1315.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-15 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and ED. referral-committee
• 2017-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3263.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2925.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 829, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af629c60-0dab-4047-81f8-6e7594b204a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).