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Bill	Environmental education: environmental principles and concepts.	(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Under this system, local educational agencies throughout the state provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 720	California SB 720 (20172018)	bill	Environmental education: environmental principles and concepts.	enacted	Allen	10	31	8	2017-02-17	2018-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d3e88147-2214-444a-9529-4df9d9fa1a63	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB720	2c7990ad0bc63ca36c86d76705bbec4292a4185444f868d9f426511fe2735510	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 720 (20172018) — Environmental education: environmental principles and concepts.

(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Under this system, local educational agencies throughout the state provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/11/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/05/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB720 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB720 Allen et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 720 Allen Senate Third Reading By THURMOND — 69–7 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar SB720 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Thurmond — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-01-03 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2018-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2018-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2018-01-05 Set for hearing January 10.
• 2018-01-10 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4019.) (January 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-01-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-01-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4115.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-01-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-04-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 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
• 2018-06-07 Re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-06 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
• 2018-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 7. Page 6964.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-31 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2018-08-31 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d) . (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6076.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-31 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 6198.) committee-passage
• 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6137.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 374, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d3e88147-2214-444a-9529-4df9d9fa1a63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).