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Bill	Public schools: accountability: county superintendents of schools.	(1) Under existing law, county superintendents of schools superintend the schools of that county, maintain responsibility for the fiscal oversight of each school district in that county, and visit and examine each school in the county at reasonable intervals to observe its operation and learn of its problems.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 599	California AB 599 (20212022)	bill	Public schools: accountability: county superintendents of schools.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	9	30	8	2021-02-11	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/759cfa2c-562d-4289-af34-eadaaf19774f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB599	af0c1ba32a3f57e047e92fef3582e650f692845444445a845c1a6b8215bda72a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 599 (20212022) — Public schools: accountability: county superintendents of schools.

(1) Under existing law, county superintendents of schools superintend the schools of that county, maintain responsibility for the fiscal oversight of each school district in that county, and visit and examine each school in the county at reasonable intervals to observe its operation and learn of its problems.

Version chain

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

1. 02/11/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/25/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/29/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/29/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB599 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/09/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB599 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 599 Jones-Sawyer Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 599 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 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

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-02-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-01 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-15 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1336.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-06-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2021-06-29 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
• 2021-07-05 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2021-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (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
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2390.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2846.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/759cfa2c-562d-4289-af34-eadaaf19774f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).