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CaliforniaAB 4192025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Educational equity: immigration enforcement.

Sponsored By: Damon Connolly (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.

Family rights, anti-bullying, and care plans

Your school board must give parents information about a child's right to a free public education, no matter immigration status or religion. Schools must post the Attorney General's 'Know Your Educational Rights' guide in offices and on school and district websites in every language the Attorney General provides, and update it the next school year after any update. If a parent or guardian is not available, the school must use the family's emergency contacts and written instructions first, and should not call Child Protective Services unless care cannot be arranged that way. Schools must teach that bullying based on immigration status or religion is wrong and harmful.

Schools must adopt and update policies

The Attorney General published model school policies on limiting help with immigration enforcement by April 1, 2018 and must update them by December 1, 2025. School districts, county offices, and charter schools had to adopt these or equivalent rules by July 1, 2018 and must update them by March 1, 2026. Agencies must keep their adopted policy and provide it to the state department on request. The state can monitor and audit agencies to check compliance.

Stronger school privacy from immigration enforcement

Schools cannot collect your or your family's immigration or citizenship information unless a law requires it or it is needed to run a state or federal education program. Immigration officers cannot enter nonpublic areas of a school without a valid warrant, court order, or subpoena, and staff should ask for ID. Schools and staff cannot share student or family education records with immigration agents unless there is a valid warrant, subpoena, or court order; if records are disclosed under an order, the school must follow federal parent‑notice rules (34 C.F.R. 99.31(a)(9)(ii)). District superintendents and charter principals must quickly tell their board when immigration officers ask for access or information, while protecting any identifying details.

Some status sharing with federal authorities

This law does not stop government agencies from sending, receiving, requesting, keeping, or sharing a person's citizenship or immigration status with federal immigration authorities under 8 U.S.C. 1373 and 1644. That sharing is still allowed even with the school privacy rules.

Definitions, timing, and reimbursement rules

The law defines 'immigration enforcement,' 'local educational agency,' and 'schoolsite' to set the scope. Section 1.5 only takes effect if this law and AB 49 both take effect by January 1, 2026, they both amend the same Education Code section, and this law is enacted after AB 49. If the state commission finds state‑mandated costs, the state reimburses local agencies and school districts under existing reimbursement law.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Damon Connolly

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 214 • No: 33

House vote • 9/11/2025

Item 25 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 63 • No: 9

Senate vote • 9/10/2025

Item 172 — Senate SFLOOR

Yes: 31 • No: 8

legislature vote • 8/29/2025

Vote in CS61

Yes: 5 • No: 2

legislature vote • 8/18/2025

Vote in CS61

Yes: 7 • No: 0

legislature vote • 7/8/2025

Vote in CS53

Yes: 11 • No: 1

legislature vote • 6/25/2025

Vote in CS44

Yes: 6 • No: 1

House vote • 6/2/2025

Item 81 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 64 • No: 8

legislature vote • 5/23/2025

Vote in CX25

Yes: 11 • No: 1

legislature vote • 4/8/2025

Vote in CX13

Yes: 9 • No: 1

legislature vote • 3/26/2025

Vote in CX03

Yes: 7 • No: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 663, Statutes of 2025.

    10/12/2025Senate

  2. Approved by the Governor.

    10/12/2025legislature

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    9/23/2025legislature

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 9. Page 3292.).

    9/11/2025House

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

    9/10/2025House

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2809.).

    9/10/2025Senate

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    9/8/2025Senate

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

    9/4/2025Senate

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    8/29/2025Senate

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

    8/29/2025Senate

  11. In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    8/18/2025Senate

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    7/9/2025Senate

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    6/25/2025Senate

  14. Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

    6/11/2025Senate

  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    6/3/2025Senate

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 8. Page 1827.)

    6/2/2025House

  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    5/27/2025House

  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23).

    5/23/2025House

  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

    4/23/2025House

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    4/8/2025House

  21. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    3/28/2025House

  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

    3/27/2025House

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    3/27/2025House

  24. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

    2/20/2025House

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.

    2/19/2025House

Bill Text

  • Chaptered

    10/12/2025

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  • Enrolled

    9/15/2025

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  • Amended Senate

    9/4/2025

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  • Amended Assembly

    3/27/2025

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  • Amended Assembly

    2/19/2025

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  • Introduced

    2/5/2025

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