California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB 959
Average daily attendance: emergencies: major safety hazard.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Grayson (Democratic)
Cosponsors (18)
- Allen (Democratic)
- Archuleta (Democratic)
- Arreguín (Democratic)
- Caballero (Democratic)
- Ashby (Democratic)
- Cortese (Democratic)
- Gonzalez
- McNerney (Democratic)
- Menjivar (Democratic)
- Blakespear (Democratic)
- Cabaldon (Democratic)
- Reyes (Democratic)
- Richardson (Democratic)
- Wahab
- Weber Pierson (Democratic)
- Bauer-Kahan (Democratic)
- Schultz (Democratic)
- Wicks (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary
For purposes of state apportionments based on average daily attendance, as provided, if the average daily attendance of a school district, county office of education, or charter school has been materially decreased during a fiscal year because of a specified emergency, including, among others, the imminence of a major safety hazard as determined by a local law enforcement agency, existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to estimate the average daily attendance in a manner that credits to the school district, county office of education, or charter school approximately the total average daily attendance that would have been credited to the school district, county office of education, or charter school had the emergency not occurred.
This bill, for the above-described purposes, would additionally allow a local fire agency to make a determination of the imminence of a major safety hazard.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Text versions
- 09/29/26 - Chaptered· Sep 29, 2026
- 08/30/26 - Enrolled· Aug 30, 2026
- 08/17/26 - Amended Assembly· Aug 17, 2026
- 03/09/26 - Amended Senate· Mar 9, 2026
- 02/03/26 - Introduced· Feb 3, 2026
- SB959
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 Senate | Unfinished Business SB959 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Aug 26, 2026 House | SB 959 Grayson Third Reading Urgency By Bauer-Kahan | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jul 1, 2026 House | Do pass. To Consent Calendar. | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jun 17, 2026 House | Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| May 19, 2026 Senate | 3rd Reading SB959 Grayson et al. Urgency Clause | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| May 14, 2026 Senate | Do pass | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Apr 13, 2026 Senate | Placed on suspense file | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Mar 25, 2026 Senate | Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar | pass | Set your home in California to see |
Actions
- Sep 29, 2026 · Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 773, Statutes of 2026. - Sep 29, 2026 · Legislature
Approved by the Governor. - Sep 2, 2026 · Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - Aug 27, 2026 · Senate
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - Aug 26, 2026 · Senate
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - Aug 26, 2026 · House
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6553.) Ordered to the Senate. - Aug 17, 2026 · House
Ordered to third reading. - Aug 17, 2026 · House
Read third time and amended. - Aug 3, 2026 · House
Ordered to third reading. - Aug 3, 2026 · House
From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry. - Jul 2, 2026 · House
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. - Jul 1, 2026 · House
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). - Jun 18, 2026 · House
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - May 26, 2026 · House
Referred to Com. on ED. - May 20, 2026 · House
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. - May 19, 2026 · Senate
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4344.) Ordered to the Assembly. - May 14, 2026 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - May 14, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4259.) (May 14). - May 8, 2026 · Senate
Set for hearing May 14. - Apr 13, 2026 · Senate
April 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - Mar 27, 2026 · Senate
Set for hearing April 13. - Mar 25, 2026 · Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3688.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Set for hearing March 25. - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. - Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Com. on ED. - Feb 4, 2026 · Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6. - Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.