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What it does
When an election for governing board members of a school district or community college district is ordered, existing law requires the governing board of the district, or the board or officer authorized by law to make such designations, to adopt a resolution specifying the date and the purpose of the election and requires that resolution to be delivered, not fewer than 123 days before the election, to the county superintendent of schools and the officer conducting the election, as provided.
More detail
This bill would require that resolution to instead be delivered not fewer than 125 days before the election.
Existing law authorizes the governing body with jurisdiction over school buildings or other public buildings to allow its buildings to be used for polling places, for vote centers beginning up to 10 days before the election, or to store voting machines and other vote-tabulating devices. On the day that a school building is used as a polling place or vote center, the governing body may continue school in session, designate the day for staff training and development, or close the school.
This bill would require the governing body to continue school in session on any schoolday when a school building is used for a vote center, except on election day when the governing body may continue school in session, designate the day for staff training and development, or close the school.
The bill would make related clarifying and conforming changes.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 20Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 115, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 20Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 11Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 6In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 1430 Elections and Constitutional Amendments Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 6Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6086.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jul 2Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 4Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS.Minor
- May 28In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Special Consent SB1430 E. & C.A. Result: pass.Upper
- May 28Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4525.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 26Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Apr 22Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 21Ordered to second reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 21Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 21From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3971.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 21.
- Apr 8From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A.Major
- Mar 18Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and ED.Minor
- Mar 6From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 5.
- Mar 5Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced