republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-494.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School district governing boards: meetings: school district superintendents and assistant superintendents: termination."
description: "Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to fix the time and place for its regular meetings with proper notice to all members of the governing board of the regular meetings. Existing law authorizes the presiding officer of the governing board of a school district, or a majority of the members of the governing board of a school district, to call a special meeting of the governing board of the school district at any time if specified notice requirements are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 494"
citation: "California SB 494 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School district governing boards", "meetings", "school district superintendents and assistant superintendents", "termination"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a163e216-2a0f-414b-883b-bac3453d449e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494"
source_hash: "326dc668dccdc94a81824c02d1ff659f30bc9a0ffe44f08160e6edf979553ec9"
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 SB 494 (20232024) — School district governing boards: meetings: school district superintendents and assistant superintendents: termination.

Existing law requires the governing board of any school district to fix the time and place for its regular meetings with proper notice to all members of the governing board of the regular meetings. Existing law authorizes the presiding officer of the governing board of a school district, or a majority of the members of the governing board of a school district, to call a special meeting of the governing board of the school district at any time if specified notice requirements are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494&version=20230SB49499INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494&version=20230SB49498AMD)
3. **06/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494&version=20230SB49497AMD)
4. **06/30/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494&version=20230SB49496AMD)
5. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494&version=20230SB49495AMD)
6. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494&version=20230SB49493CHP)
7. **SB494** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494)
8. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB494&version=20230SB49494ENR)

## Votes

- SB 494 Newman Senate Third Reading By Mike Fong — **65–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB494 Newman Concurrence — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **32–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Newman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 790.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 1073.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-15** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 14. Page 3248.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 2740.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 875, 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/a163e216-2a0f-414b-883b-bac3453d449e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).