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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 510: Pupil instruction: treatment of African Americans.

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

SB 510 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pupil instruction: treatment of African Americans. Primary sponsor: Laura Richardson (D). It lists 11 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 28, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 100, 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.

Existing law establishes the Instructional Quality Commission and requires the commission to, among other things, recommend curriculum frameworks to the State Board of Education. Existing law requires the commission, when the history-social science curriculum framework is next revised, on or after January 1, 2025, to consider providing for inclusion, in that curriculum framework, related evaluation criteria, and accompanying instructional materials, of instruction on the treatment and perspectives of Native Americans during the Spanish colonization of California and the Gold Rush Era.

This bill would require the commission, when the state board next revises the history-social science curriculum framework or adopts new instructional materials, on or after January 1, 2026, to consider including content on the historical, social, economic, and political contributions of African Americans during the Spanish colonization of California, the Gold Rush Era, and Antebellum, as provided.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Laura RichardsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Mia BontaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly18
Isaac BryanCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly55
Sade ElhawaryCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly57
Mike GipsonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly65
Corey JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly60
Tina McKinnorCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly61
Akilah Weber PiersonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate39
Rhodesia RansomCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly13
LaShae Sharp-CollinsCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly79
Lola Smallwood-CuevasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Lori WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly11

“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 100, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate.
  6. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
  7. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 16).
  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  9. Referred to Com. on ED.
  10. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  11. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1249.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Sources

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