---
type: "Bill"
title: "School community policing."
description: "School community policing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 355"
citation: "California AB 355 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School community policing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2002-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b207a61-11ab-4982-ab29-4714bfdc87cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355"
source_hash: "79f1cbb66baa6487aac8614b54fd2584ec46ed47dfcf2227ece97c5c5f1c71c9"
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 355 (20012002) — School community policing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35599INT)
2. **02/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35594AMD)
3. **03/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35593AMD)
4. **05/08/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35598AMD)
5. **05/21/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35592AMD)
6. **05/24/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35597AMD)
7. **07/09/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35596AMD)
8. **07/09/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35590CHP)
9. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35595AMD)
10. **AB355** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355)
11. **06/24/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB355&version=20010AB35591ENR)

## Votes

- AB 355 Havice Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 355 Havice Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB355 Havice — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 120, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2002-06-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4865.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-21** 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`
- **2002-03-11** 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`
- **2002-03-07** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-28** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-27** 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`
- **2001-09-06** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-20** 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`
- **2001-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 2030.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.). `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-07** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Page 1453.)
- **2001-05-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 3). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/8b207a61-11ab-4982-ab29-4714bfdc87cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).