republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1955.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today's Youth Act."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop resources or, as appropriate, update existing resources for in-service training on schoolsite and community resources for the support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) pupils, and strategies to increase support for LGBTQ pupils, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1955"
citation: "California AB 1955 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today's Youth Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1cedea4-da5d-4d8e-8665-2fc5d4245bd0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1955"
source_hash: "871c45c96f4a1042ba56626e09a890c00ebf64b52f02ec6cd58d65973ba3fac9"
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 1955 (20232024) — Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today's Youth Act.

(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop resources or, as appropriate, update existing resources for in-service training on schoolsite and community resources for the support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) pupils, and strategies to increase support for LGBTQ pupils, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1955&version=20230AB195599INT)
2. **05/22/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1955&version=20230AB195598AMD)
3. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1955&version=20230AB195596CHP)
4. **AB1955** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1955)
5. **07/01/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1955&version=20230AB195597ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1955 Ward et al. By Eggman — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 1955 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments Appeal the Decision of the Chair By ESSAYLI — **57–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1955 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–16** (pass) · lower
- AB 1955 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments Appeal the Decision of the Chair By ESSAYLI — **55–15** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **2–2** (fail) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1955 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)
- Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
- Eggman — principal coauthor (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
- Laird — principal coauthor (person)
- Lee — principal coauthor (person)
- Low — principal coauthor (person)
- Menjivar — principal coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — principal coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — principal coauthor (person)
- Zbur — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee February 29.
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4997.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** 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`
- **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2024-05-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4268.)
- **2024-06-10** Motion to place on APPR. suspense file failed.
- **2024-06-10** (Ayes 2. Noes 2.) (June 10)
- **2024-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4480.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-06-17** Re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 6080.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1cedea4-da5d-4d8e-8665-2fc5d4245bd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).