AB 296: Career technical education: sale of equipment: registry.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law provides funding for career technical education programs, including through, among others, the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, the Strong Workforce Program, and a K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program, with the purpose of creating, maintaining, supporting, encouraging, strengthening, and expanding the delivery of career technical education programs in the state, as provided.

This bill would require the State Department of Education to develop and maintain a registry of career technical education equipment that is listed for sale and to make the registry accessible to school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools via an internet website. The bill would authorize a local educational agency that intends to offer for sale any career technical education equipment to list the equipment in the registry established by the department. The bill would require the equipment listed in the registry to be offered for sale to other local educational agencies and maintained in the registry for a period of no less than 3 months unless the equipment is purchased by a local educational agency. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. February 2, 2026From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2. January 31, 2026Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
3. January 22, 2026In committee: Held under submission.
4. January 22, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
5. January 8, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (January 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
6. January 6, 2026Re-referred to Com. on ED.
7. January 5, 2026From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
8. April 3, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on ED.
9. March 26, 2025Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
10. March 25, 2025From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
11. March 13, 2025In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
12. February 10, 2025Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and ED.