---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: expulsion."
description: "Pupils: expulsion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1901"
citation: "California AB 1901 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: expulsion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cohn"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2002-02-07"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b4f1c46-4b78-4e80-aca3-d806539aadda"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901"
source_hash: "92d5cf661f1e0ddcbcac6463c73624fa93b5006ba752ea08f736aefa0205b254"
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 1901 (20012002) — Pupils: expulsion.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901&version=20010AB190199INT)
2. **03/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901&version=20010AB190198AMD)
3. **04/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901&version=20010AB190197AMD)
4. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901&version=20010AB190196AMD)
5. **06/24/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901&version=20010AB190195AMD)
6. **08/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901&version=20010AB190194AMD)
7. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901&version=20010AB190192CHP)
8. **AB1901** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901)
9. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1901&version=20010AB190193ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1901 Cohn Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1901 Cohn Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1901 Cohn By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cohn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 643, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 8420.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5765.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-24** 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`
- **2002-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5985.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-03-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2002-02-07** 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/5b4f1c46-4b78-4e80-aca3-d806539aadda`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).