republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-711.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil records: name and gender changes."
description: "Existing law requires school districts to establish, maintain, and destroy pupil records according to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education, and requires those regulations to establish state policy concerning pupil records. Existing law authorizes the parent or guardian of a pupil or former pupil to challenge the content of a pupil record by filing a written request with the superintendent of the school district to correct or remove any information the parent or guardian alleges to be, among other things, inaccurate or misleading. If the superintendent refuses to correct or remove the information, existing law authorizes the parent or guardian to appeal that decision to the governing board of the school district. Existing law requires the governing board to hold, within 30 days of the appeal, a closed session with the parent or guardian and the employee who recorded the information in question, and sustain or deny the appeal. If the governing board sustains a parent's or guardian's request, existing law requires the governing board to order the superintendent to correct, remove, or destroy the information at issue, as provided. Existing law requires records of the administrative appeal proceedings to be maintained in a confidential manner and destroyed one year following the final decision of the governing board of the school district, unless the parent or guardian initiates legal proceedings relative to the disputed information within the prescribed period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 711"
citation: "California AB 711 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil records: name and gender changes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2bf259f-ee48-453a-9cd2-a9e456b1073e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711"
source_hash: "2ab0df676f09dc41484da01183f35ec2dc2e1da838cdc0e69cd9c265bef7ceaa"
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 AB 711 (20192020) — Pupil records: name and gender changes.

Existing law requires school districts to establish, maintain, and destroy pupil records according to regulations adopted by the State Board of Education, and requires those regulations to establish state policy concerning pupil records. Existing law authorizes the parent or guardian of a pupil or former pupil to challenge the content of a pupil record by filing a written request with the superintendent of the school district to correct or remove any information the parent or guardian alleges to be, among other things, inaccurate or misleading. If the superintendent refuses to correct or remove the information, existing law authorizes the parent or guardian to appeal that decision to the governing board of the school district. Existing law requires the governing board to hold, within 30 days of the appeal, a closed session with the parent or guardian and the employee who recorded the information in question, and sustain or deny the appeal. If the governing board sustains a parent's or guardian's request, existing law requires the governing board to order the superintendent to correct, remove, or destroy the information at issue, as provided. Existing law requires records of the administrative appeal proceedings to be maintained in a confidential manner and destroyed one year following the final decision of the governing board of the school district, unless the parent or guardian initiates legal proceedings relative to the disputed information within the prescribed period.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711&version=20190AB71199INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711&version=20190AB71198AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711&version=20190AB71197AMD)
4. **04/30/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711&version=20190AB71196AMD)
5. **06/26/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711&version=20190AB71195AMD)
6. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711&version=20190AB71193CHP)
7. **AB711** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711)
8. **08/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB711&version=20190AB71194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB711 Chiu et al. By Durazo — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 711 Chiu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 711 Chiu Assembly Third Reading — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiu — primary (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 1765.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 2140.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 2720.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2bf259f-ee48-453a-9cd2-a9e456b1073e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).