---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil truancy."
description: "Pupil truancy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 42"
citation: "California AB 42 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil truancy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zettel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "2000-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b056ab0a-f757-47ba-bd45-c2e9b1b12bc4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB42"
source_hash: "218740b359fca1afd8da978fe939297e6e0ae11995e042d65e6a3e97f27fcfc3"
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 42 (19992000) — Pupil truancy.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB42&version=19990AB4299INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB42&version=19990AB4298AMD)
3. **01/12/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB42&version=19990AB4297AMD)
4. **06/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB42&version=19990AB4296AMD)
5. **08/23/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB42&version=19990AB4294CHP)
6. **AB42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB42)
7. **08/07/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB42&version=19990AB4295ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB42 Zettel By Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 42 ZETTEL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 42 ZETTEL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zettel — primary (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 222, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 7744.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 5494.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-22** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4952.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-12** 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`
- **2000-01-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4692.) 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`
- **1998-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **1998-12-07** 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/b056ab0a-f757-47ba-bd45-c2e9b1b12bc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).