School district governing boards: meetings: school district superintendents and assistant superintendents: termination.
Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to fix the time and place for its regular meetings with proper notice to all members of the governing board of the regular meetings. Existing law authorizes the presiding officer of the governing board of a school district, or a majority of the members of the governing board of a school district, to call a special meeting of the governing board of the school district at any time if specified notice requirements are met.
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California Legislature
20232024
SB 494
California SB 494 (20232024)
bill
School district governing boards
meetings
school district superintendents and assistant superintendents
California SB 494 (20232024) — School district governing boards: meetings: school district superintendents and assistant superintendents: termination.
Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to fix the time and place for its regular meetings with proper notice to all members of the governing board of the regular meetings. Existing law authorizes the presiding officer of the governing board of a school district, or a majority of the members of the governing board of a school district, to call a special meeting of the governing board of the school district at any time if specified notice requirements are met.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 494 Newman Senate Third Reading By Mike Fong — 65–14 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB494 Newman Concurrence — 32–7 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 32–6 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Newman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 19.
2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 790.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 1073.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-06-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 14. Page 3248.) 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 32. Noes 7. Page 2740.) 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 875, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a163e216-2a0f-414b-883b-bac3453d449e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).