CA SB478 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 478

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 2 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-02-02 - Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

An act to add Section 52073.4 to the Education Code, relating to school accountability.

Title

School accountability: Statewide School Library Lead.

Roll Calls

2025-04-21 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-04-09 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-02	Senate	Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2025-05-23	Senate	May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2025-05-16	Senate	Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-21	Senate	April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-10	Senate	Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-09	Senate	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.
2025-03-26	Senate	Set for hearing April 9.
2025-02-26	Senate	Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-02-20	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education Code	52073.4	New Code	See Bill Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB478
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB478#99INT
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB478