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Bill	Pupil rights: recess.	Existing law requires the State Department of Education to encourage school districts to provide daily recess periods for elementary school pupils. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to adopt reasonable rules and regulations to authorize a teacher to restrict for disciplinary purposes the time a pupil is allowed for recess.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 291	California SB 291 (20232024)	bill	Pupil rights recess	enacted	Newman	6	25	7	2023-02-02	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/85bb946a-7908-4147-a677-ccb5c1e95c92	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB291	cac6a7554b95e767f1e8a96f8f0e883062bb9b96e5556b9cfedcb990cc38552a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 291 (20232024) — Pupil rights: recess.

Existing law requires the State Department of Education to encourage school districts to provide daily recess periods for elementary school pupils. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to adopt reasonable rules and regulations to authorize a teacher to restrict for disciplinary purposes the time a pupil is allowed for recess.

Version chain

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

1. 02/02/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/18/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/14/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/13/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB291 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/15/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB291 Newman Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 291 Newman Senate Third Reading By Muratsuchi — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Newman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
• 2023-02-15 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 681.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2023-04-24 April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1164.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1387.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-07-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-17 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-08-17 Ordered to second reading.
• 2023-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3252.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2737.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 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 863, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85bb946a-7908-4147-a677-ccb5c1e95c92. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).