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type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 101"
citation: "California AB 101 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: ethnic studies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-11"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fe3b1e4-b1f9-4470-aa8b-6bad083fb64f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101"
source_hash: "0b8464eecd98b4ab66daa23017f26f3eb8177c7ab326b102d23b94302c163e96"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10199INT)
2. **04/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10198AMD)
3. **07/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10197AMD)
4. **07/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10196AMD)
5. **08/31/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10195AMD)
6. **09/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10194AMD)
7. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10192CHP)
8. **AB101** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101)
9. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB101&version=20210AB10193ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **124** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 101 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5912** (pass) · lower
- AB 101 Medina Assembly Third Reading — **589** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB101 Medina et al. By Durazo — **298** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **42** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (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](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).