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type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil safety: local educational agency contractors: background checks."
description: "Existing law requires any entity that has a contract with a local educational agency, as defined, to ensure that any employee who interacts with pupils, outside of the immediate supervision and control of the pupil's parent or guardian or a school employee, has a valid criminal records summary, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 531"
citation: "California SB 531 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil safety", "background checks", "local educational agency contractors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be6a2e4c-65a2-4b35-b08a-400e233c541d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531"
source_hash: "d59e6dfbce61eb4a16bd03595fa9d4859710c3ff31590b575588b806ef657de2"
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 531 (20232024) — Pupil safety: local educational agency contractors: background checks.
Existing law requires any entity that has a contract with a local educational agency, as defined, to ensure that any employee who interacts with pupils, outside of the immediate supervision and control of the pupil's parent or guardian or a school employee, has a valid criminal records summary, as provided.
## 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=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53199INT)
2. **04/24/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53198AMD)
3. **06/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53197AMD)
4. **08/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53196AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53194CHP)
6. **SB531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531)
7. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53195ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB531 Ochoa Bogh Urgency Clause Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB531 Ochoa Bogh — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Banking and Financial Institutions] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 531 Ochoa Bogh Third Reading Urgency By Megan Dahle — **780** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ochoa Bogh — 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 Coms. on ED. and B. & F.I. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & F.I. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 451.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2023-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 830.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-04-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1208.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** 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`
- **2023-06-20** June 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3161.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-12** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-12** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2611.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-13** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2769.) `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-14** Urgency clause adopted.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2838.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 616, 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/be6a2e4c-65a2-4b35-b08a-400e233c541d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).