---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil expulsion."
description: "Pupil expulsion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1721"
citation: "California AB 1721 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil expulsion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-01-04"
last_action: "2000-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f208fa4e-bf31-461f-a22c-d2dc227e3327"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1721"
source_hash: "52da834624ecbacb7155f0028865d1d28762fa87856a6e956af8ed07ed142f3b"
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 1721 (19992000) — Pupil expulsion.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1721&version=19990AB172199INT)
2. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1721&version=19990AB172198AMD)
3. **06/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1721&version=19990AB172197AMD)
4. **07/21/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1721&version=19990AB172195CHP)
5. **AB1721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1721)
6. **07/06/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1721&version=19990AB172196ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1721 Cardenas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1721 CARDENAS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2000-07-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 7630.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-06-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5375.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6328.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** 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`
- **2000-01-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2000-01-04** 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/f208fa4e-bf31-461f-a22c-d2dc227e3327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).