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Bill	California Freedom to Read Act.	Existing law establishes a public library system, including school libraries, unified school district and union high school district public libraries, municipal libraries, county free libraries, the California State Library, and library districts. Under existing law, the Legislature declares that the public library is, among other things, a source of information and inspiration to persons of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and economic statuses.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1825	California AB 1825 (20232024)	bill	California Freedom to Read Act	enacted	Muratsuchi	11	35	8	2024-01-11	2024-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/7ce62b9a-dd75-4d42-8c3d-b77ae9f2e42d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1825	f9b13d6d41409f8c044b16ac518f88f277e8434d3abe9ca75766145bd2a059bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1825 (20232024) — California Freedom to Read Act.

Existing law establishes a public library system, including school libraries, unified school district and union high school district public libraries, municipal libraries, county free libraries, the California State Library, and library districts. Under existing law, the Legislature declares that the public library is, among other things, a source of information and inspiration to persons of all ages, cultural backgrounds, and economic statuses.

Version chain

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

1. 01/11/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/29/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/16/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/18/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/03/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/22/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/29/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1825 (committee substitute) — source
11. 08/31/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1825 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading — 62–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1825 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 64–9 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1825 Muratsuchi et al. By Min — 31–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Muratsuchi — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — principal coauthor (person)
• Min — principal coauthor (person)
• Ward — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-12 From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
• 2024-03-21 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 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
• 2024-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 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
• 2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-29 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
• 2024-05-16 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5215.)
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) . amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 3. Page 5598.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 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
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-28 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 9.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 941, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ce62b9a-dd75-4d42-8c3d-b77ae9f2e42d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).