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Bill	California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001: California State University: burial sites: human remains.	Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education located throughout the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 977	California AB 977 (20252026)	bill	CaliforniaNativeAmericanGravesProtectionandRepatriationActof2001 CaliforniaStateUniversity burialsites humanremains	enacted	Ramos	6	24	6	2025-02-20	2025-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/eb52d36b-3f0c-4a33-914a-545b27cede87	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB977	52f8e7efc5039df57a064c1166e45d98b4d5d40b98ba74b8d950c78914d373e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 977 (20252026) — California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001: California State University: burial sites: human remains.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education located throughout the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/08/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB977 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB977 Ramos et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 977 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 977 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ramos — primary (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2025-03-17 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 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 0.) (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 79. Noes 0. Page 1912.) 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
• 2025-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-07-08 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
• 2025-07-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2251.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2807.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb52d36b-3f0c-4a33-914a-545b27cede87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).