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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pupil safety: local educational agency contractors: background checks."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "SB 531"
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citation: "California SB 531 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Pupil safety", "background checks", "local educational agency contractors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be6a2e4c-65a2-4b35-b08a-400e233c541d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531"
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source_hash: "d59e6dfbce61eb4a16bd03595fa9d4859710c3ff31590b575588b806ef657de2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 531 (20232024) — Pupil safety: local educational agency contractors: background checks.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53199INT)
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2. **04/24/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53198AMD)
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3. **06/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53197AMD)
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4. **08/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53196AMD)
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5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53194CHP)
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6. **SB531** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531)
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7. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB531&version=20230SB53195ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB531 Ochoa Bogh Urgency Clause Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB531 Ochoa Bogh — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Banking and Financial Institutions] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 531 Ochoa Bogh Third Reading Urgency By Megan Dahle — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Coms. on ED. and B. & F.I. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-02** Set for hearing March 22.
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- **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`
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- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 19.
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- **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`
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- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
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- **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`
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- **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1208.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-06-20** June 28 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **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`
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- **2023-08-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **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`
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- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-12** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2023-09-13** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2769.) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-14** Urgency clause adopted.
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- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2838.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 616, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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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).
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