republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-939.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educational equity: schoolsite and community resources: neurodivergent pupils."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post, and annually update, on the State Department of Education's internet website and provide to each school district a list of statewide resources, including community-based organizations, that provide support to youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, including school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying on the basis of religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity, or perceived religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 939"
citation: "California SB 939 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Educational equity", "neurodivergent pupils", "schoolsite and community resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a769df-6568-4004-94f5-b969f4741529"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB939"
source_hash: "3d5dc3a86af28c327ec14242c6fcd1691e7a1e4b456bef55eb39a9e960cd2eef"
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 939 (20232024) — Educational equity: schoolsite and community resources: neurodivergent pupils.

(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post, and annually update, on the State Department of Education's internet website and provide to each school district a list of statewide resources, including community-based organizations, that provide support to youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, including school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying on the basis of religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity, or perceived religious affiliation, nationality, race, or ethnicity.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB939&version=20230SB93999INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB939&version=20230SB93998AMD)
3. **04/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB939&version=20230SB93997AMD)
4. **06/17/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB939&version=20230SB93996AMD)
5. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB939&version=20230SB93994CHP)
6. **SB939** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB939)
7. **08/23/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB939&version=20230SB93995ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 939 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Umberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** 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`
- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2024-04-04** April 10 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2024-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3659.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3964.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4177.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6320.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5296.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 907, 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/02a769df-6568-4004-94f5-b969f4741529`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).