School districts: budgets: public hearings: notice.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to hold a public hearing on the proposed budget of the school district in a school district facility, or some other place conveniently accessible to the residents of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires notification of the dates and location or locations at which the proposed budget may be inspected by the public, and the date, time, and location of the public hearing on the proposed budget, to be published by the county superintendent of schools in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the school district, in any newspaper of general circulation in the county, at least 3 days before the availability of the proposed budget for public inspection.
California AB 721 (20232024) — School districts: budgets: public hearings: notice.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to hold a public hearing on the proposed budget of the school district in a school district facility, or some other place conveniently accessible to the residents of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires notification of the dates and location or locations at which the proposed budget may be inspected by the public, and the date, time, and location of the public hearing on the proposed budget, to be published by the county superintendent of schools in a newspaper of general circulation in the school district or, if there is no newspaper of general circulation in the school district, in any newspaper of general circulation in the county, at least 3 days before the availability of the proposed budget for public inspection.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
AB 721 Valencia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
AB 721 Valencia Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB721 Valencia et al. By Glazer — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Valencia — primary (person)
Davies — coauthor (person)
Dixon — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Seyarto — coauthor (person)
Umberg — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-03-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-03-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-27 From Consent Calendar.
2023-04-27 Ordered to third reading.
2023-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1411.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-05-22 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
2023-06-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-07-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2372.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3021.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2023-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 811, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e353f1b-6282-4697-8146-92db26f39ace. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).