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Bill	Local educational agencies: reserve funds.	Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1296	California AB 1296 (20252026)	bill	Localeducationalagencies reservefunds	enacted	Bonta	8	34	9	2025-02-21	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/35b65a74-bc0f-470b-adb0-c58841e632b9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1296	5b8c868a32611731671a4fed1f72110cbb8461b4c256569618e755beea369221	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1296 (20252026) — Local educational agencies: reserve funds.

Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to develop and publish specified reports, including, among others, a study of farmworker housing conditions, needs, and solutions. Existing law authorizes the department to provide technical assistance for specified purposes, including in developing housing for students and faculty of universities and colleges, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1296 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1296 Bonta et al. By Cabaldon — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1296 Bonta Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–8 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1296 Bonta Assembly Third Reading — 67–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonta — primary (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-28 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and ED. referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1163.)
• 2025-04-21 (Pending re-refer to Com. on ED.)
• 2025-04-28 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-05-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-21 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
• 2025-05-23 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 5. Page 1920.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on HOUSING. referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-06-30 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2618.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 8. Page 3119.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 508, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35b65a74-bc0f-470b-adb0-c58841e632b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).