republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-503.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: Civic Center Act: direct costs."
description: "The Civic Center Act authorizes, and in some instances requires, the governing board of a school district to allow the use of school facilities or grounds as a civic center, for specified purposes. The act authorizes or requires, as applicable, the governing board of a school district to charge a fee, not to exceed the school district's direct costs, as defined, for use of its school facilities or grounds. Existing law, for these purposes, defines \"direct costs\" to mean the costs of supplies, utilities, janitorial services, services of school district employees, and salaries paid to school district employees directly associated with the administration of this section necessitated by the entity's use of the school facilities or grounds. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, expanded the definition of direct costs to include a specified share of the operating and maintenance costs proportional to the entity's use of the school facilities or grounds and a share of the costs for maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment of the school facilities or grounds proportional to that entity's use of the school facilities or grounds, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 503"
citation: "California AB 503 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CivicCenterAct", "Schoolfacilities", "directcosts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark González"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/301dc27a-5979-4166-b963-e2bb4d28bba8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB503"
source_hash: "fdff3ea676af8a82ddb6763b38081620622329b74208779b2bac804bf946ea1f"
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 503 (20252026) — School facilities: Civic Center Act: direct costs.

The Civic Center Act authorizes, and in some instances requires, the governing board of a school district to allow the use of school facilities or grounds as a civic center, for specified purposes. The act authorizes or requires, as applicable, the governing board of a school district to charge a fee, not to exceed the school district's direct costs, as defined, for use of its school facilities or grounds. Existing law, for these purposes, defines "direct costs" to mean the costs of supplies, utilities, janitorial services, services of school district employees, and salaries paid to school district employees directly associated with the administration of this section necessitated by the entity's use of the school facilities or grounds. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, expanded the definition of direct costs to include a specified share of the operating and maintenance costs proportional to the entity's use of the school facilities or grounds and a share of the costs for maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment of the school facilities or grounds proportional to that entity's use of the school facilities or grounds, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB503&version=20250AB50399INT)
2. **02/25/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB503&version=20250AB50398AMD)
3. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB503&version=20250AB50396CHP)
4. **AB503** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB503)
5. **09/04/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB503&version=20250AB50397ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB503 Mark González By Pérez Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 503 Mark González Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark González — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1280.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2411.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-02** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 156, 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/301dc27a-5979-4166-b963-e2bb4d28bba8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).