republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-257.md

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Bill	School admissions: pupil residency: pupils of departed parents: residents of adjoining state or foreign country: school district reimbursement.	(1) Existing law requires each person between 6 and 18 years of age not otherwise exempted to attend the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes in the school district where the person's parent or legal guardian is located. Existing law provides that a pupil is deemed to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil satisfies one of specified requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 257	California SB 257 (20172018)	bill	School admissions: pupil residency: pupils of departed parents: residents of adjoining state or foreign country: school district reimbursement.	enacted	Lara	10	33	5	2017-02-07	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4b2010d8-3784-4ee8-b208-d4402250bdc3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB257	bd21075b6e74233e96b332cc97091e1bd3c82e4de118a6502941a8148fa33a9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 257 (20172018) — School admissions: pupil residency: pupils of departed parents: residents of adjoining state or foreign country: school district reimbursement.

(1) Existing law requires each person between 6 and 18 years of age not otherwise exempted to attend the public full-time day school or continuation school or classes in the school district where the person's parent or legal guardian is located. Existing law provides that a pupil is deemed to have complied with the residency requirements for school attendance in a school district if the pupil satisfies one of specified requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/03/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/18/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/05/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB257 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 257 Lara Senate Third Reading By REYES — 61–11 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB257 Lara Concurrence — 31–7 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lara — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2017-02-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
• 2017-02-08 Read first time. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-02-23 Set for hearing March 15.
• 2017-03-06 March 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-04-04 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
• 2017-04-07 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2017-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 847.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-05-05 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 5. Noes 2. Page 1180.) (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.
• 2017-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 1387.) 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 Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-18 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
• 2017-08-21 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. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 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.
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 3204.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2839.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 498, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b2010d8-3784-4ee8-b208-d4402250bdc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).