republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1369.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments."
description: "Existing law authorizes a pupil to wear traditional tribal regalia or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance as an adornment at school graduation ceremonies. Existing law prohibits that authorization from limiting a local educational agency's discretion and authority to prohibit an item that is likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or material interference with, the ceremony. Existing law defines \"adornment\" for these purposes as something attached to or worn with, but not replacing, the cap and gown customarily worn at school graduation ceremonies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1369"
citation: "California AB 1369 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupilrights", "adornments", "schoolgraduationceremoniesandrelatedevents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c108a0b-0606-4e3b-95ee-ce8146a6a206"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1369"
source_hash: "a0ab7589e1531d584eb28cbf68f7166a5dcb2090d44917914ea3dd74d4eb5636"
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 1369 (20252026) — Pupil rights: school graduation ceremonies and related events: adornments.

Existing law authorizes a pupil to wear traditional tribal regalia or recognized objects of religious or cultural significance as an adornment at school graduation ceremonies. Existing law prohibits that authorization from limiting a local educational agency's discretion and authority to prohibit an item that is likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or material interference with, the ceremony. Existing law defines "adornment" for these purposes as something attached to or worn with, but not replacing, the cap and gown customarily worn at school graduation ceremonies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1369&version=20250AB136999INT)
2. **06/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1369&version=20250AB136998AMD)
3. **09/26/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1369&version=20250AB136996CHP)
4. **AB1369** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1369)
5. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1369&version=20250AB136997ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1369 Ramos By Laird — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1369 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1369 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1521.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2389.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2913.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2025-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 133, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c108a0b-0606-4e3b-95ee-ce8146a6a206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).