republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2876.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: media literacy: artificial intelligence literacy: curriculum frameworks: instructional materials."
description: "Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks and the adoption of instructional materials to the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the commission to consider incorporating the Model Library Standards into the next revision of the English language arts/English language development (ELA/ELD) curriculum framework after January 1, 2024, and to also consider incorporating media literacy content at each grade level. Existing law also requires the commission to consider incorporating media literacy content into the mathematics, science, and history-social science curriculum frameworks when those frameworks are next revised after January 1, 2024. Existing law defines media literacy, for that purpose, as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and use media and information and encompasses the foundational skills that lead to digital citizenship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2876"
citation: "California AB 2876 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction", "artificial intelligence literacy", "curriculum frameworks", "instructional materials", "media literacy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-15"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4a71498-3456-4fae-87ba-21410e0c4e94"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2876"
source_hash: "d1a6e6d20e71deeb9dc9c7bd3d3de60e630ef9e6ffb04276008c2ab7c659e92f"
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 2876 (20232024) — Pupil instruction: media literacy: artificial intelligence literacy: curriculum frameworks: instructional materials.

Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks and the adoption of instructional materials to the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the commission to consider incorporating the Model Library Standards into the next revision of the English language arts/English language development (ELA/ELD) curriculum framework after January 1, 2024, and to also consider incorporating media literacy content at each grade level. Existing law also requires the commission to consider incorporating media literacy content into the mathematics, science, and history-social science curriculum frameworks when those frameworks are next revised after January 1, 2024. Existing law defines media literacy, for that purpose, as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and use media and information and encompasses the foundational skills that lead to digital citizenship.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2876&version=20230AB287699INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2876&version=20230AB287698AMD)
3. **04/09/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2876&version=20230AB287697AMD)
4. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2876&version=20230AB287695CHP)
5. **AB2876** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2876)
6. **08/22/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2876&version=20230AB287696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2876 Berman et al. By Padilla — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2876 Berman Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** 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`
- **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5161.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5227.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 927, 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/f4a71498-3456-4fae-87ba-21410e0c4e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).