republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-971.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School finance: categorical programs."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the public school system in this state, and, among other things, provides for the establishment of county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools throughout the state and for the provision of instruction at the public elementary and secondary schools these local educational agencies maintain. Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 971"
citation: "California SB 971 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School finance: categorical programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huff"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-10"
last_action: "2014-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dbf3631-cf40-42fa-8aaa-b07c85b88ddb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971"
source_hash: "116f235918fb94018cfd0f69d4bcf27c1421d4f013d18595c1493ead72d6560c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 971 (20132014) — School finance: categorical programs.

(1) Existing law establishes the public school system in this state, and, among other things, provides for the establishment of county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools throughout the state and for the provision of instruction at the public elementary and secondary schools these local educational agencies maintain. Existing law establishes a public school financing system that requires state funding for county superintendents of schools, school districts, and charter schools to be calculated pursuant to a local control funding formula, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971&version=20130SB97199INT)
2. **03/27/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971&version=20130SB97198AMD)
3. **04/09/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971&version=20130SB97197AMD)
4. **06/19/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971&version=20130SB97196AMD)
5. **08/14/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971&version=20130SB97195AMD)
6. **09/30/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971&version=20130SB97193CHP)
7. **SB971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971)
8. **08/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB971&version=20130SB97194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB971 Huff Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 971 Huff Senate Third Reading By OLSEN — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Set for hearing March 19.
- **2014-03-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2927.) (March 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-29** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2014-04-08** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3142.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-04** From consent calendar.
- **2014-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-14** Read third time and amended. (Page 6021.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6122.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4602.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 923, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dbf3631-cf40-42fa-8aaa-b07c85b88ddb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).