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type: "Bill"
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title: "Special education: nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies."
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description: "(1) Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires, in accordance with specified federal laws, parents to be given a copy of their rights and procedural safeguards, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 373"
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citation: "California SB 373 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Specialeducation", "nonpublic", "nonsectarianschoolsoragencies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-13"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2699f98e-8c74-4be0-b9e0-552f88924f7e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373"
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source_hash: "e67d9c80465070e05e48d41e45f18ed9b502c71f6c4ffa617411f96752ebc6a7"
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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 373 (20252026) — Special education: nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies.
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(1) Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires, in accordance with specified federal laws, parents to be given a copy of their rights and procedural safeguards, as specified.
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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. **02/13/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373&version=20250SB37399INT)
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2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373&version=20250SB37398AMD)
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3. **07/07/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373&version=20250SB37397AMD)
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4. **07/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373&version=20250SB37396AMD)
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5. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373&version=20250SB37395AMD)
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6. **09/04/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373&version=20250SB37394AMD)
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7. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373&version=20250SB37392CHP)
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8. **SB373** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373)
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9. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB373&version=20250SB37393ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent SB373 Grove et al. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB373 Grove et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 373 Grove Senate Third Reading By Jeff Gonzalez — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Grove — primary (person)
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- Lackey — principal coauthor (person)
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- Patel — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** 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`
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- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 9.
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 735.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1198.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-13** July 2 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-07-07** 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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- **2025-07-17** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
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- **2025-07-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3002.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2902.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 579, Statutes of 2025. `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/2699f98e-8c74-4be0-b9e0-552f88924f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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