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Bill	Pupil instruction: mental health education.	Existing law requires, during the next revision of the publication "Health Framework for California Public Schools," the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health. Existing law requires mental health instruction for these purposes to include, but not be limited to, specified elements, including reasonably designed and age-appropriate instruction on the overarching themes and core principles of mental health.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 224	California SB 224 (20212022)	bill	Pupil instruction: mental health education.	enacted	Portantino	8	28	8	2021-01-14	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f059c125-f0f0-405d-bcfb-f942182db6a3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB224	92f45401a071f2560b5adf1ab3f8a36c51da14ffec42517155e07bf420ba72a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 224 (20212022) — Pupil instruction: mental health education.

Existing law requires, during the next revision of the publication "Health Framework for California Public Schools," the Instructional Quality Commission to consider developing, and recommending for adoption by the State Board of Education, a distinct category on mental health instruction to educate pupils about all aspects of mental health. Existing law requires mental health instruction for these purposes to include, but not be limited to, specified elements, including reasonably designed and age-appropriate instruction on the overarching themes and core principles of mental health.

Version chain

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

1. 01/14/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/13/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB224 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB224 Portantino et al. Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB224 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 224 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Low — 72–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Portantino — primary (person)
• Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
• Burke — coauthor (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Frazier — coauthor (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Glazer — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Hurtado — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• Maienschein — coauthor (person)
• Nguyen — coauthor (person)
• Nielsen — coauthor (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — author (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 14.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Set for hearing March 10.
• 2021-03-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 667.) (March 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2021-04-05 April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1183.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-28 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1349.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-07-12 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2717.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-03 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2387.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 675, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f059c125-f0f0-405d-bcfb-f942182db6a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).