republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2508.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil services: educational counseling."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the school district. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that school counselors provide a variety of services for all pupils. Existing law requires educational counseling to include academic counseling in specified areas. Existing law authorizes educational counseling to also include counseling in certain areas. Existing law defines \"educational counseling\" for these purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2508"
citation: "California AB 2508 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil services: educational counseling."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-08-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6bb123f-2d19-42e7-80da-e159e77c44e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2508"
source_hash: "285eca947cbda28fd46c8fbfbf1e0c23d60d89d6c1a9563d2c213a9f7fcce6d9"
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 2508 (20212022) — Pupil services: educational counseling.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the school district. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that school counselors provide a variety of services for all pupils. Existing law requires educational counseling to include academic counseling in specified areas. Existing law authorizes educational counseling to also include counseling in certain areas. Existing law defines "educational counseling" for these purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2508&version=20210AB250899INT)
2. **04/27/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2508&version=20210AB250898AMD)
3. **06/09/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2508&version=20210AB250897AMD)
4. **08/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2508&version=20210AB250895CHP)
5. **AB2508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2508)
6. **08/05/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2508&version=20210AB250896ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB2508 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2508 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2508 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-04-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4576.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** 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`
- **2022-06-15** 6-23-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-22-2022.
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4573.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-08-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 153, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6bb123f-2d19-42e7-80da-e159e77c44e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).