---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: pupil suspension and expulsion."
description: "Special education: pupil suspension and expulsion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1859"
citation: "California AB 1859 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education: pupil suspension and expulsion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-01-30"
last_action: "2002-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cedc7668-93ca-4d9c-bbbf-9e331e342eff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1859"
source_hash: "eaa40327a16b5185eaf856ac4b34425f339702aea9da7f8be359b356658f975c"
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 1859 (20012002) — Special education: pupil suspension and expulsion.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1859&version=20010AB185999INT)
2. **05/15/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1859&version=20010AB185998AMD)
3. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1859&version=20010AB185997AMD)
4. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1859&version=20010AB185996AMD)
5. **09/12/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1859&version=20010AB185994CHP)
6. **AB1859** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1859)
7. **08/25/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1859&version=20010AB185995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1859 Papan Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1859 Papan — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1859 Papan Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 492, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 8089.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5638.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-14** (Corrected August 13. )
- **2002-08-12** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-15** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5639.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-03-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2002-01-30** 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/cedc7668-93ca-4d9c-bbbf-9e331e342eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).