High schools: military services: United States Space Force.
(1) Existing law prohibits each school district offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that provides on-campus access to employers, from prohibiting access to the military services. Existing law defines "military services" for these purposes to include the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, or any reserve component of those federal forces, the National Guard, the State Guard, and the active militia.
California AB 1605 (20232024) — High schools: military services: United States Space Force.
(1) Existing law prohibits each school district offering instruction in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, that provides on-campus access to employers, from prohibiting access to the military services. Existing law defines "military services" for these purposes to include the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, or any reserve component of those federal forces, the National Guard, the State Guard, and the active militia.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1605 Gallagher Assembly Third Reading — 78–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gallagher — primary (person)
Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-03-27 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
2023-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-04-17 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2034.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2140.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-17 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2023-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 142, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9cd02dc5-8f96-4853-b5e7-6796873bfec2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).