---
type: "Bill"
title: "School safety."
description: "School safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 819"
citation: "California AB 819 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85e57e9c-75b3-481d-80c2-1894490ba15e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB819"
source_hash: "5c5f2bf5c6cfb192bd1558cacb39d8b299c6989ab2524763042bdcf8f79e7deb"
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 819 (20012002) — School safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB819&version=20010AB81999INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB819&version=20010AB81998AMD)
3. **09/10/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB819&version=20010AB81997AMD)
4. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB819&version=20010AB81995CHP)
5. **AB819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB819)
6. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB819&version=20010AB81996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 819 Jackson Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 819 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB819 Jackson By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Shelley — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 735, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 9. Page 3910.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2001-07-18** To inactive file on motion of Senator O'Connell.
- **2001-07-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-26** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1519.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** 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`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/85e57e9c-75b3-481d-80c2-1894490ba15e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).