Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law requires, no later than July 1, 2021, the State Department of Education to develop resources or, as appropriate, update existing resources for in-service training on schoolsite and community resources for the support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) pupils, and strategies to increase support for LGBTQ pupils, as specified. Existing law encourages schools operated by a school district or county office of education and charter schools to use those resources to provide training at least once every 2 years to teachers and other certificated employees of those schools that serve pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive.
California AB 5 (20232024) — The Safe and Supportive Schools Act.
Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law requires, no later than July 1, 2021, the State Department of Education to develop resources or, as appropriate, update existing resources for in-service training on schoolsite and community resources for the support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) pupils, and strategies to increase support for LGBTQ pupils, as specified. Existing law encourages schools operated by a school district or county office of education and charter schools to use those resources to provide training at least once every 2 years to teachers and other certificated employees of those schools that serve pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 5 Zbur Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 65–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB5 Zbur et al. By Menjivar — 32–3 (pass) · upper
AB 5 Zbur Assembly Third Reading — 64–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Zbur — primary (person)
Cervantes — coauthor (person)
Eggman — coauthor (person)
Haney — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Laird — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Low — coauthor (person)
Menjivar — coauthor (person)
Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
Padilla — coauthor (person)
Schiavo — coauthor (person)
Ward — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Wilson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
2023-03-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-03-23 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
2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-17 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
2023-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-05-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 4. Page 1702.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 2455.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2023-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 3184.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 220, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45aaa636-55eb-4dbb-9eb5-6b597b0742d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).