republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-422.md

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Bill	State Seal of Civic Engagement.	Existing law requires, on or before January 1, 2020, the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recommend to the State Board of Education criteria for awarding a State Seal of Civic Engagement to pupils who have demonstrated excellence in civics education and participation and have demonstrated an understanding of the United States Constitution, the California Constitution, and the democratic system of government. Existing law requires the Superintendent to, among other criteria, consider the successful completion of history, government, and civics courses, including courses that incorporate character education, and voluntary participation in community service or extracurricular activities. Existing law requires, on or before January 31, 2021, the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the criteria recommended by the Superintendent.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 422	California AB 422 (20252026)	bill	StateSealofCivicEngagement	enacted	Jackson	7	26	8	2025-02-05	2025-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/6a153221-2b40-4f71-accf-5c9a949efaae	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB422	d454cf3e9e160d718edd490c4ed5552713e41e3c7ab14b50ff5f30b80646b2ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 422 (20252026) — State Seal of Civic Engagement.

Existing law requires, on or before January 1, 2020, the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recommend to the State Board of Education criteria for awarding a State Seal of Civic Engagement to pupils who have demonstrated excellence in civics education and participation and have demonstrated an understanding of the United States Constitution, the California Constitution, and the democratic system of government. Existing law requires the Superintendent to, among other criteria, consider the successful completion of history, government, and civics courses, including courses that incorporate character education, and voluntary participation in community service or extracurricular activities. Existing law requires, on or before January 31, 2021, the state board to adopt, reject, or modify the criteria recommended by the Superintendent.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/13/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB422 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB422 Jackson By Hurtado — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 422 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 422 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
• 2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2025-03-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 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 79. Noes 0. Page 1827.) 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 ED. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-07 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2822.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3292.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 692, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a153221-2b40-4f71-accf-5c9a949efaae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).