republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-417.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County boards of education: pupil members."
description: "Existing law authorizes governing boards of county boards of education to appoint one or more high school pupils enrolled in a school that is under the jurisdiction of the county board of education as members in response to a petition from high school pupils of the county board requesting the governing board to appoint one or more pupil members. Existing law authorizes a pupil who is enrolled in a high school that is under the jurisdiction of a school district, and who may be less than 18 years of age, to be selected to serve as a pupil member of the county board of education, if no petition is submitted to select a pupil who is enrolled in a high school that is under the jurisdiction of the county board of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 417"
citation: "California AB 417 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County boards of education", "pupil members"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bennett"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c139bfd1-bfbb-4fc3-941e-8e17d68ff202"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB417"
source_hash: "c898348aab78153b9b5bd41b2b8724e90eef2133bd637db15122995d7de96441"
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 417 (20232024) — County boards of education: pupil members.

Existing law authorizes governing boards of county boards of education to appoint one or more high school pupils enrolled in a school that is under the jurisdiction of the county board of education as members in response to a petition from high school pupils of the county board requesting the governing board to appoint one or more pupil members. Existing law authorizes a pupil who is enrolled in a high school that is under the jurisdiction of a school district, and who may be less than 18 years of age, to be selected to serve as a pupil member of the county board of education, if no petition is submitted to select a pupil who is enrolled in a high school that is under the jurisdiction of the county board of education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB417&version=20230AB41799INT)
2. **06/19/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB417&version=20230AB41798AMD)
3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB417&version=20230AB41796CHP)
4. **AB417** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB417)
5. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB417&version=20230AB41797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 417 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 417 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB417 Bennett et al. By Limón — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bennett — primary (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-03-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1011.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-08** From Consent Calendar.
- **2023-06-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-06-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2351.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3019.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c139bfd1-bfbb-4fc3-941e-8e17d68ff202`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).