republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2046.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educational programs: single gender schools and classes."
description: "Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2025, a school district with an average daily attendance of 250,000 or more pupils to maintain any single gender schools and classes that were enrolling pupils as of July 1, 2017, if certain requirements are met, and authorizes, until January 1, 2025, a charter school authorized by a school district with an average daily attendance of 250,000 or more pupils that was operating as a single gender school or with single gender classes as of July 1, 2017, to be maintained as a single gender school or to maintain single gender classes, if those same requirements are met. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2025, a school district that maintains a single gender school or class, and a charter school maintained as a single gender school or that maintains a single gender class to conduct certain evaluations at least once every 2 years, and to report the findings of those evaluations to the State Department of Education and specified legislative committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2046"
citation: "California AB 2046 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Educational programs", "single gender schools and classes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/381001bd-9593-4f22-a410-dddddfff7163"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2046"
source_hash: "44245dffacc549b3dce28e6fe91dc600e6730417d58eae9248864628b25cfe17"
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 2046 (20232024) — Educational programs: single gender schools and classes.

Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2025, a school district with an average daily attendance of 250,000 or more pupils to maintain any single gender schools and classes that were enrolling pupils as of July 1, 2017, if certain requirements are met, and authorizes, until January 1, 2025, a charter school authorized by a school district with an average daily attendance of 250,000 or more pupils that was operating as a single gender school or with single gender classes as of July 1, 2017, to be maintained as a single gender school or to maintain single gender classes, if those same requirements are met. Existing law requires, until January 1, 2025, a school district that maintains a single gender school or class, and a charter school maintained as a single gender school or that maintains a single gender class to conduct certain evaluations at least once every 2 years, and to report the findings of those evaluations to the State Department of Education and specified legislative committees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2046&version=20230AB204699INT)
2. **06/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2046&version=20230AB204698AMD)
3. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2046&version=20230AB204696CHP)
4. **AB2046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2046)
5. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2046&version=20230AB204697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2046 Bryan Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2046 Bryan By Bradford — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 2046 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2024-02-12** 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** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 373, 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/381001bd-9593-4f22-a410-dddddfff7163`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).