republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-493.md

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Bill	Teachers: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning pupil resources and training.	(1) Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 493	California AB 493 (20192020)	bill	Teachers: lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer and questioning pupil resources and training.	enacted	Gloria	8	29	8	2019-02-12	2019-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/502fa9d2-e954-436e-af3a-c2227922a6c0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB493	ccb666d2cd17465f5301c1966f478a545aa7d373cfefdd3aef212e6dfcdcd6e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 493 (20192020) — Teachers: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning pupil resources and training.

(1) Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/02/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB493 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB493 Gloria et al. By Wiener — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 493 Gloria Assembly Third Reading — 61–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 493 Gloria Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 64–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gloria — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2019-02-21 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 2034.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-06-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-06-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-06-14 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 6. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 2765.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
• 2019-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 3407.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 775, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/502fa9d2-e954-436e-af3a-c2227922a6c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).