republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-945.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: adornments at school graduation ceremonies: task force."
description: "Existing law authorizes a pupil to wear traditional tribal regalia or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance as an adornment at school graduation ceremonies. Existing law prohibits that authorization from limiting a local educational agency's discretion and authority to prohibit an item that is likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or material interference with, the ceremony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 945"
citation: "California AB 945 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: adornments at school graduation ceremonies: task force."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-02-17"
last_action: "2021-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26d48038-5a6f-4572-9597-8391bd969c9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB945"
source_hash: "75802de4f7a2611f7abc7cd9acabab4b1e9d62ce5a99b6c056b1622bb2fd1219"
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 945 (20212022) — Pupils: adornments at school graduation ceremonies: task force.

Existing law authorizes a pupil to wear traditional tribal regalia or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance as an adornment at school graduation ceremonies. Existing law prohibits that authorization from limiting a local educational agency's discretion and authority to prohibit an item that is likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or material interference with, the ceremony.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB945&version=20210AB94599INT)
2. **03/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB945&version=20210AB94598AMD)
3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB945&version=20210AB94597AMD)
4. **06/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB945&version=20210AB94596AMD)
5. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB945&version=20210AB94594CHP)
6. **AB945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB945)
7. **09/09/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB945&version=20210AB94595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 945 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 945 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB945 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2021-03-25** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** 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`
- **2021-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1898.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-16** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2392.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2848.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26d48038-5a6f-4572-9597-8391bd969c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).