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Bill	Pupil attendance: excused absences: cultural ceremonies or events.	Existing law, notwithstanding the requirement that each person between 6 and 18 years of age who is not otherwise exempted is subject to compulsory full-time education, requires a pupil to be excused from school for specified types of absences, including, among others, if the absence was due to the pupil's illness.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 516	California AB 516 (20212022)	bill	Pupil attendance: excused absences: cultural ceremonies or events.	enacted	Megan Dahle	6	28	8	2021-02-10	2021-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/ca591107-b5cd-4a58-aef9-bbe232a5bad3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB516	06241ddf2afec50f38bd51b12fe125dbbc72d172d546bf53f0212cb5b824596b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 516 (20212022) — Pupil attendance: excused absences: cultural ceremonies or events.

Existing law, notwithstanding the requirement that each person between 6 and 18 years of age who is not otherwise exempted is subject to compulsory full-time education, requires a pupil to be excused from school for specified types of absences, including, among others, if the absence was due to the pupil's illness.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/22/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/24/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB516 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/15/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 516 Megan Dahle Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB516 Megan Dahle By Dahle Reconsider — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 516 Megan Dahle Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB516 Megan Dahle By Dahle — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB516 Megan Dahle By Dahle — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Megan Dahle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (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 78. Noes 0. Page 1605.) 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
• 2021-06-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-19 From Consent Calendar.
• 2021-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2226.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-30 Motion to reconsider made by Senator Dahle.
• 2021-08-30 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2233.)
• 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
• 2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2620.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3156.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca591107-b5cd-4a58-aef9-bbe232a5bad3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).