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Bill	Charter schools: petitions and renewals.	(1) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 authorizes the establishment and operation of charter schools. Existing law generally requires a petition to establish a charter school to be submitted to the governing board of a school district, and, under specified circumstances, authorizes a petition to be submitted to and approved by a county board of education or the State Board of Education. Existing law authorizes a county board of education to approve a petition for the operation of a charter school that operates at one or more sites within the geographic boundaries of the county and that provides instructional services that are not generally provided by a county office of education. Existing law also authorizes a petition for the operation of a state charter school to be submitted directly to the state board, and authorizes the state board to approve a charter for the operation of a state charter school that may operate at multiple sites throughout the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1505	California AB 1505 (20192020)	bill	Charter schools: petitions and renewals.	enacted	O'Donnell	11	34	8	2019-02-22	2019-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/83973945-9c81-4aa8-8a75-302a95b8a0b8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1505	8c2a82e8a715317c5894fbbde82c640b68e4defd47fece53d44938b7d500d12e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1505 (20192020) — Charter schools: petitions and renewals.

(1) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 authorizes the establishment and operation of charter schools. Existing law generally requires a petition to establish a charter school to be submitted to the governing board of a school district, and, under specified circumstances, authorizes a petition to be submitted to and approved by a county board of education or the State Board of Education. Existing law authorizes a county board of education to approve a petition for the operation of a charter school that operates at one or more sites within the geographic boundaries of the county and that provides instructional services that are not generally provided by a county office of education. Existing law also authorizes a petition for the operation of a state charter school to be submitted directly to the state board, and authorizes the state board to approve a charter for the operation of a state charter school that may operate at multiple sites throughout the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/11/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/24/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/05/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/05/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/03/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1505 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1505 O'Donnell Assembly Third Reading — 44–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1505 O'Donnell et al. By Leyva — 27–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 1505 O'Donnell Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• O'Donnell — primary (person)
• Bonta — author (person)
• Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
• McCarty — author (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Smith — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-18 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 19. Page 1833.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-07-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-19 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2689.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 3316.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2019-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83973945-9c81-4aa8-8a75-302a95b8a0b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).