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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 503: School facilities: Civic Center Act: direct costs.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 503 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: School facilities: Civic Center Act: direct costs. Primary sponsor: Mark González (D). Most recent recorded action (October 1, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 156, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

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

The Civic Center Act authorizes, and in some instances requires, the governing board of a school district to allow the use of school facilities or grounds as a civic center, for specified purposes. The act authorizes or requires, as applicable, the governing board of a school district to charge a fee, not to exceed the school district’s direct costs, as defined, for use of its school facilities or grounds. Existing law, for these purposes, defines “direct costs” to mean the costs of supplies, utilities, janitorial services, services of school district employees, and salaries paid to school district employees directly associated with the administration of this section necessitated by the entity’s use of the school facilities or grounds. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, expanded the definition of direct costs to include a specified share of the operating and maintenance costs proportional to the entity’s use of the school facilities or grounds and a share of the costs for maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment of the school facilities or grounds proportional to that entity’s use of the school facilities or grounds, as specified.

This bill would restore, indefinitely, the above-described expanded definition of direct costs that was repealed as of January 1, 2025. The bill would require funds collected relating to maintenance, repair, restoration, and refurbishment to be deposited into a special fund and to be used only for certain purposes.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark GonzálezPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly54

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 156, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2411.).
  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11).
  8. Referred to Com. on ED.
  9. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  10. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1280.).
  11. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
  12. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9).

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page