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Bill	Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies.	(1) Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. These graduation requirements include, among others, the completion of 3 years of courses in English and 3 years of courses in social studies, including one-year courses in United States history and geography and world history, culture, and geography, a one-semester course in American government and civics, and a one-semester course in economics.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 101	California AB 101 (20212022)	bill	Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies.	enacted	Medina	9	31	8	2020-12-11	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4fe3b1e4-b1f9-4470-aa8b-6bad083fb64f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101	0b8464eecd98b4ab66daa23017f26f3eb8177c7ab326b102d23b94302c163e96	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 101 (20212022) — Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies.

(1) Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. These graduation requirements include, among others, the completion of 3 years of courses in English and 3 years of courses in social studies, including one-year courses in United States history and geography and world history, culture, and geography, a one-semester course in American government and civics, and a one-semester course in economics.

Version chain

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

1. 12/11/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/14/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB101 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 101 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–12 (pass) · lower
• AB 101 Medina Assembly Third Reading — 58–9 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB101 Medina et al. By Durazo — 29–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Medina — primary (person)
• Akilah Weber — principal coauthor (person)
• Arambula — principal coauthor (person)
• Bennett — principal coauthor (person)
• Blanca Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
• Burke — principal coauthor (person)
• Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — principal coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
• Chiu — author (person)
• Cooley — principal coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — author (person)
• Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
• Frazier — principal coauthor (person)
• Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
• Gray — principal coauthor (person)
• Holden — principal coauthor (person)
• Kalra — author (person)
• Lee — principal coauthor (person)
• Lorena Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
• Low — author (person)
• Luz Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
• McCarty — principal coauthor (person)
• Min — principal coauthor (person)
• Quirk — principal coauthor (person)
• Ramos — author (person)
• Reyes — principal coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — author (person)
• Rodriguez — principal coauthor (person)
• Salas — principal coauthor (person)
• Santiago — principal coauthor (person)
• Stone — principal coauthor (person)
• Villapudua — principal coauthor (person)
• Weber — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-11 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2020-12-12 From printer. May be heard in committee January 11.
• 2021-01-11 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2021-04-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 9. Page 1623.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2482.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-08 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2892.)
• 2021-09-08 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2892.)
• 2021-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 2893.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 661, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4fe3b1e4-b1f9-4470-aa8b-6bad083fb64f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).