---
type: "Bill"
title: "School safety."
description: "School safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1154"
citation: "California AB 1154 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torlakson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2294041-508f-4518-90bb-bd6b8565111a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154"
source_hash: "d431e483edf752e8b3509b6c356449ae3aca9bdc7918f9773086ee76b6bbb66c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1154 (19992000) — School safety.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115499INT)
2. **05/03/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115498AMD)
3. **05/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115497AMD)
4. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115496AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115495AMD)
6. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115494AMD)
7. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115493AMD)
8. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115491CHP)
9. **AB1154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154)
10. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1154&version=19990AB115492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1154 TORLAKSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1154 TORLAKSON SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1154 Torlakson By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torlakson — primary (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 872, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4481.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3191.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2357.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2294041-508f-4518-90bb-bd6b8565111a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).