republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1915.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: social sciences: Armenian Genocide."
description: "Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences. Existing law requires the instruction in social studies to provide instruction in, among other things, human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1915"
citation: "California AB 1915 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: social sciences: Armenian Genocide."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be69cc67-f9ff-446f-80d4-73b0c291d985"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915"
source_hash: "2e575a923149ee3bfdf3547aa0722e3168d0bdeaf2071420fc96753890b7de08"
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 1915 (20132014) — Pupil instruction: social sciences: Armenian Genocide.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences. Existing law requires the instruction in social studies to provide instruction in, among other things, human rights issues, with particular attention to the study of the inhumanity of genocide, slavery, and the Holocaust.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191599INT)
2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191598AMD)
3. **04/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191597AMD)
4. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191596AMD)
5. **06/25/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191595AMD)
6. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191594AMD)
7. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191593AMD)
8. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191591CHP)
9. **AB1915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915)
10. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1915&version=20130AB191592ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1915 NAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1915 Nazarian By Wyland — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1915 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nazarian — primary (person)
- Achadjian — author (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Ian Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Nestande — coauthor (person)
- Patterson — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5256.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4861.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6550.)
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6570.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 414, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be69cc67-f9ff-446f-80d4-73b0c291d985`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).