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Bill	Pupil safety: local educational agency contractors: background checks.	Existing law requires any entity that has a contract with a local educational agency, as defined, to ensure that any employee who interacts with pupils, outside of the immediate supervision and control of the pupil's parent or guardian or a school employee, has a valid criminal records summary, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 531	California SB 531 (20232024)	bill	Pupil safety background checks local educational agency contractors	enacted	Ochoa Bogh	7	31	8	2023-02-14	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/be6a2e4c-65a2-4b35-b08a-400e233c541d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531	d59e6dfbce61eb4a16bd03595fa9d4859710c3ff31590b575588b806ef657de2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 531 (20232024) — Pupil safety: local educational agency contractors: background checks.

Existing law requires any entity that has a contract with a local educational agency, as defined, to ensure that any employee who interacts with pupils, outside of the immediate supervision and control of the pupil's parent or guardian or a school employee, has a valid criminal records summary, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/24/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/14/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB531 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/19/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB531 Ochoa Bogh Urgency Clause Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB531 Ochoa Bogh — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Banking and Financial Institutions] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 531 Ochoa Bogh Third Reading Urgency By Megan Dahle — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ochoa Bogh — 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 Coms. on ED. and B. & F.I. referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F.I. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 451.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2023-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 830.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-04-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1208.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-06-01 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
• 2023-06-20 June 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 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
• 2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3161.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2023-09-12 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2611.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-09-13 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2769.) committee-passage
• 2023-09-14 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2838.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 616, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be6a2e4c-65a2-4b35-b08a-400e233c541d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).