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| Bill | Pupil instruction: model curricula: Vietnamese American refugee experience, the Cambodian genocide, and Hmong history and cultural studies. | Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to include, among other subjects, the social sciences. Existing law encourages instruction in the area of social sciences for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that may include instruction on the Vietnam War, including a component drawn from personal testimony of Southeast Asians who were involved in the Vietnam War and men and women who contributed to the war effort on the homefront, as specified. 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 | SB 895 | California SB 895 (20172018) |
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California SB 895 (20172018) — Pupil instruction: model curricula: Vietnamese American refugee experience, the Cambodian genocide, and Hmong history and cultural studies.
Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to include, among other subjects, the social sciences. Existing law encourages instruction in the area of social sciences for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that may include instruction on the Vietnam War, including a component drawn from personal testimony of Southeast Asians who were involved in the Vietnam War and men and women who contributed to the war effort on the homefront, as specified. 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.
- 01/12/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
- 05/02/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 05/25/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
- 06/18/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 08/21/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 08/24/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
- 09/22/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- SB895 (committee substitute) — source
- 09/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- 3rd Reading SB895 Nguyen et al. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
- SB 895 Nguyen Senate Third Reading By KALRA — 80–0 (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB895 Nguyen et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Nguyen — primary (person)
- Arambula — principal coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Harper — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
- Lara — author (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — principal coauthor (person)
- Rendon — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction, reading-1 - 2018-01-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 15.
- 2018-01-24 Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee - 2018-04-11 Set for hearing April 25.
- 2018-05-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4809.) (April 25).
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage - 2018-05-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1 - 2018-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
- 2018-05-14 May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- 2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
- 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4298.) (May 25).
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage - 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2 - 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2018-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4461.) Ordered to the Assembly.
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1 - 2018-06-04 Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee - 2018-06-18 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 - 2018-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee - 2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- 2018-08-15 August 15 set for second hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- 2018-08-16 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- 2018-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 16).
committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage - 2018-08-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2 - 2018-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-2, reading-1 - 2018-08-24 Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1 - 2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
- 2018-08-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6805.) Ordered to the Senate.
reading-3, passage, reading-1 - 2018-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- 2018-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
- 2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6152.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage - 2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- 2018-09-22 Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature - 2018-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 686, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a52f726e-4520-4570-8e65-6e2824827637. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).