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type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil attendance: interdistrict attendance: school districts of choice."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to accept pupils from other school districts by adopting a resolution to become a school district of choice, in accordance with various programmatic and procedural requirements and limitations, including, among other requirements and limitations, that the school district of choice accept all pupils who apply to transfer until the school district of choice is at maximum capacity, and that pupils are selected through an unbiased process, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 897"
citation: "California SB 897 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil attendance", "interdistrict attendance", "school districts of choice"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-03"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03869727-cd22-4916-be7a-6199aef5e522"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897"
source_hash: "8ad55622469ae1d80630fb35ef8e2985bda8c8d6b7ac51dbd965b8e38bf6cec3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 897 (20232024) — Pupil attendance: interdistrict attendance: school districts of choice.
(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to accept pupils from other school districts by adopting a resolution to become a school district of choice, in accordance with various programmatic and procedural requirements and limitations, including, among other requirements and limitations, that the school district of choice accept all pupils who apply to transfer until the school district of choice is at maximum capacity, and that pupils are selected through an unbiased process, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/03/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897&version=20230SB89799INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897&version=20230SB89798AMD)
3. **05/16/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897&version=20230SB89797AMD)
4. **07/01/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897&version=20230SB89796AMD)
5. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897&version=20230SB89795AMD)
6. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897&version=20230SB89793CHP)
7. **SB897** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897)
8. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB897&version=20230SB89794ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 897 Newman Senate Third Reading By Irwin — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB897 Newman et al. — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **60** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB897 Newman et al. Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Newman — primary (person)
- Niello — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Set for hearing March 20.
- **2024-03-11** 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`
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3376.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-28** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2024-04-08** April 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3963.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4146.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** June 12 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6713.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5657.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 865, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03869727-cd22-4916-be7a-6199aef5e522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).