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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies."
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description: "(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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 101"
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citation: "California AB 101 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-12-11"
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last_action: "2021-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe3b1e4-b1f9-4470-aa8b-6bad083fb64f"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101"
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source_hash: "0b8464eecd98b4ab66daa23017f26f3eb8177c7ab326b102d23b94302c163e96"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 101 (20212022) — Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies.
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(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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **12/11/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10199INT)
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2. **04/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10198AMD)
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3. **07/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10197AMD)
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4. **07/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10196AMD)
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5. **08/31/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10195AMD)
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6. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10194AMD)
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7. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10192CHP)
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8. **AB101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101)
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9. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10193ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 101 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–12** (pass) · lower
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- AB 101 Medina Assembly Third Reading — **58–9** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB101 Medina et al. By Durazo — **29–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Medina — primary (person)
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- Akilah Weber — principal coauthor (person)
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- Arambula — principal coauthor (person)
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- Bennett — principal coauthor (person)
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- Blanca Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
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- Burke — principal coauthor (person)
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- Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — principal coauthor (person)
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- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — author (person)
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- Cooley — principal coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — author (person)
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- Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
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- Eduardo Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
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- Frazier — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
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- Gray — principal coauthor (person)
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- Holden — principal coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — author (person)
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- Lee — principal coauthor (person)
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- Lorena Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
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- Low — author (person)
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- Luz Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — principal coauthor (person)
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- Min — principal coauthor (person)
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- Quirk — principal coauthor (person)
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- Ramos — author (person)
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- Reyes — principal coauthor (person)
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- Robert Rivas — author (person)
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- Rodriguez — principal coauthor (person)
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- Salas — principal coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — principal coauthor (person)
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- Stone — principal coauthor (person)
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- Villapudua — principal coauthor (person)
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- Weber — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-11** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2020-12-12** From printer. May be heard in committee January 11.
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- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **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`
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- **2021-04-14** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 9. Page 1623.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2021-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2482.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2021-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2892.)
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- **2021-09-08** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2892.)
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- **2021-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 2893.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 661, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fe3b1e4-b1f9-4470-aa8b-6bad083fb64f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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