California Purple Star School Designation Program.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to establish a formal liaison with the United States Department of Defense and school districts and county offices of education that enroll military dependents to, among other things, create model memoranda of agreement between military bases and school districts or county offices of education regarding enabling schoolage military dependents to experience a smoother transition from one school to another school. Existing law authorizes a governing board of a school district and a county office of education to undertake certain activities to properly address the needs of military dependents.
California SB 920 (20232024) — California Purple Star School Designation Program.
Existing law requires the State Department of Education to establish a formal liaison with the United States Department of Defense and school districts and county offices of education that enroll military dependents to, among other things, create model memoranda of agreement between military bases and school districts or county offices of education regarding enabling schoolage military dependents to experience a smoother transition from one school to another school. Existing law authorizes a governing board of a school district and a county office of education to undertake certain activities to properly address the needs of military dependents.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB920 Seyarto et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
SB 920 Seyarto Senate Third Reading By Mathis — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Seyarto — primary (person)
Alanis — coauthor (person)
Grove — coauthor (person)
Jim Patterson — coauthor (person)
Joe Patterson — coauthor (person)
Jones — coauthor (person)
Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
Newman — coauthor (person)
Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)
Waldron — coauthor (person)
Ward — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-01-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
2024-02-14 Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
2024-03-01 Set for hearing March 20.
2024-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3377.) (March 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-03-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-03-28 Set for hearing April 8.
2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3512.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-12 Set for hearing April 22.
2024-04-22 April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3964.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-20 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4177.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
2024-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6520.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 923, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3734bdf-3a09-4444-8d41-84384482f141. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).