(1) Existing law prohibits, except as required by state or federal law or as required to administer a state or federally supported educational program, school officials and employees of a school district, county office of education, or charter school from collecting information or documents regarding citizenship or immigration status of pupils or their family members. Existing law requires the superintendent of a school district, the superintendent of a county office of education, and the principal of a charter school, as applicable, to report to the respective governing board or body of the local educational agency in a timely manner any requests for information or access to a schoolsite by an officer or employee of a law enforcement agency for the purpose of enforcing the immigration laws in a manner that ensures the confidentiality and privacy of any potentially identifying information.
California AB 49 (20252026) — Schoolsites: immigration enforcement.
(1) Existing law prohibits, except as required by state or federal law or as required to administer a state or federally supported educational program, school officials and employees of a school district, county office of education, or charter school from collecting information or documents regarding citizenship or immigration status of pupils or their family members. Existing law requires the superintendent of a school district, the superintendent of a county office of education, and the principal of a charter school, as applicable, to report to the respective governing board or body of the local educational agency in a timely manner any requests for information or access to a schoolsite by an officer or employee of a law enforcement agency for the purpose of enforcing the immigration laws in a manner that ensures the confidentiality and privacy of any potentially identifying information.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB49 Muratsuchi et al. By Gonzalez Urgency Clause — 33–0 (pass) · upper
AB 49 MURATSUCHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–7 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
AB 49 Muratsuchi Third Reading Urgency — 62–9 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Muratsuchi — primary (person)
Addis — coauthor (person)
Arambula — coauthor (person)
Arreguín — coauthor (person)
Becker — coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Bryan — coauthor (person)
Carrillo — principal coauthor (person)
Celeste Rodriguez — author (person)
Connolly — coauthor (person)
Cortese — coauthor (person)
Elhawary — coauthor (person)
Fong — principal coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — author (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Lee — coauthor (person)
Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
Mark González — coauthor (person)
Ortega — author (person)
Pérez — coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Solache — coauthor (person)
Soria — coauthor (person)
Wilson — coauthor (person)
Zbur — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-12-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-12-03 From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2025-03-03 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-02 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
2025-04-03 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 JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (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 JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-30 Coauthors revised.
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 9. Page 1728.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-04 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-26 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2392.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.