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Bill	Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical education.	Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. The coursework requirements include, among others, the completion of one course in visual or performing arts, foreign language, or career technical education. Existing law eliminates the authorization for career technical education to count toward that graduation requirement on July 1, 2027, or upon the occurrence of a specified event relating to career technical education requirements of the University of California and the California State University, whichever occurs earlier, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 821	California AB 821 (20252026)	bill	Pupilinstruction careertechnicaleducation highschoolgraduationrequirements	enacted	Gipson	7	32	7	2025-02-19	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/fd211723-f477-4983-8a38-621ced49c913	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB821	370a2f865f078a855ae605f2c30a03e7b4a8ef6a932b50a8c868fa762f25473e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 821 (20252026) — Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements: career technical education.

Existing law requires a pupil to complete designated coursework while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. The coursework requirements include, among others, the completion of one course in visual or performing arts, foreign language, or career technical education. Existing law eliminates the authorization for career technical education to count toward that graduation requirement on July 1, 2027, or upon the occurrence of a specified event relating to career technical education requirements of the University of California and the California State University, whichever occurs earlier, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/28/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB821 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB821 Gipson By Pérez — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 821 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 821 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gipson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 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
• 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to 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
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1982.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2137.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-17 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-08-18 Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
• 2025-08-18 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2025-08-19 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2025-08-28 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2025-08-28 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2453.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2936.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 622, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd211723-f477-4983-8a38-621ced49c913. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).