republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-568.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public holidays: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day."
description: "Existing law prescribes the holidays in this state for community colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 568"
citation: "California SB 568 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public holidays: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e876606-853a-4372-ade3-81dd501f6f48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568"
source_hash: "bd34b1dc2b5a6056b53d0d50dc7f750c7dd64ee8b7b11e9370716d4b16f8548b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 568 (20192020) — Public holidays: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.

Existing law prescribes the holidays in this state for community colleges.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56899INT)
2. **04/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56898AMD)
3. **05/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56897AMD)
4. **06/13/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56896AMD)
5. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56894CHP)
6. **SB568** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568)
7. **09/04/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB568&version=20190SB56895ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB568 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB568 Portantino et al. — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 568 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Friedman — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2019-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 649.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1103.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 1254.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-10** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2571.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-07-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2032.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-15** Set for hearing August 28.
- **2019-08-28** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2313.) `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2437.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 648, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e876606-853a-4372-ade3-81dd501f6f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).