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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 908: Instructional materials: compliance review.

Passed one chamber 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 908 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Instructional materials: compliance review. Primary sponsor: José Luis Solache (D). Most recent recorded action (September 9, 2025): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Existing law requires governing boards of school districts, when adopting instructional materials for use in the schools, to include materials that accurately portray the cultural and racial diversity of our society, including, among others, the contributions of people of all genders in all types of rolls, and the role and contributions of Native Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, LGBTQ+ Americans, persons with disabilities, and members of other ethnic, cultural, religious, and socioeconomic status groups to the total development of California and the United States.

This bill would require the State Department of Education to monitor compliance with the above-described instructional materials adoption requirement as part of its annual compliance monitoring of state and federal programs.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
José Luis SolachePrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly62

“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. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.
  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  3. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
  4. In committee: Referred to suspense file.
  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
  7. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  8. Referred to Com. on ED.
  9. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  10. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 1865.)
  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

Sources

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