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Bill	School districts and community college districts: employee housing.	The Field Act requires the Department of General Services to supervise the design and construction of any school building, including both school district and community college district buildings, or, if the estimated cost exceeds $100,000, the reconstruction or alteration of or addition to any school building, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the act and with relevant building standards, and to ensure that the work of construction has been performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. Existing law defines "school building" for these purposes, and excludes from that definition certain buildings. Existing law requires the Department of General Services to approve the plans, specifications, and methods of construction of certain factory-built school buildings. Existing law requires the Department of General Services, for purposes relating to access and use by persons with disabilities, to issue a written approval of the plans and specifications of certain buildings and facilities, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 306	California AB 306 (20212022)	bill	School districts and community college districts: employee housing.	enacted	O'Donnell	5	19	5	2021-01-25	2021-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/1cbc6349-dc9d-49f1-acbf-99bcbe80a674	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB306	b711b57e5e578fcb727ee2274d5f7f0e5fac0f104e9b50d650b3f0b5553ca0ed	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 306 (20212022) — School districts and community college districts: employee housing.

The Field Act requires the Department of General Services to supervise the design and construction of any school building, including both school district and community college district buildings, or, if the estimated cost exceeds $100,000, the reconstruction or alteration of or addition to any school building, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the act and with relevant building standards, and to ensure that the work of construction has been performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. Existing law defines "school building" for these purposes, and excludes from that definition certain buildings. Existing law requires the Department of General Services to approve the plans, specifications, and methods of construction of certain factory-built school buildings. Existing law requires the Department of General Services, for purposes relating to access and use by persons with disabilities, to issue a written approval of the plans and specifications of certain buildings and facilities, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 01/25/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/09/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB306 (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/25/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar AB306 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 306 O'Donnell Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• O'Donnell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
• 2021-02-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-05 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1250.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1633.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2021-06-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2021-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 49, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1cbc6349-dc9d-49f1-acbf-99bcbe80a674. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).