---
type: "Bill"
title: "School safety."
description: "School safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 115"
citation: "California AB 115 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerome Horton"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-01-14"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30c23141-039c-4afa-83c9-adf020b2af14"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115"
source_hash: "188a4d0cd49f5a985474033ab9ea7c2f83d5c0ead65195a68be1f8b4bb44bb09"
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 115 (20032004) — School safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115&version=20030AB11599INT)
2. **03/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115&version=20030AB11598AMD)
3. **03/27/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115&version=20030AB11597AMD)
4. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115&version=20030AB11596AMD)
5. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115&version=20030AB11595AMD)
6. **08/28/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115&version=20030AB11594AMD)
7. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115&version=20030AB11592CHP)
8. **AB115** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115)
9. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB115&version=20030AB11593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab115 jerome horto by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 115 horton,j concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 115 horton,j assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerome Horton — primary (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Ridley-Thomas — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 423, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 3455.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 2304.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Education suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 2216.) (Corrected June 3. ) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (March 19). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education (Corrected March 14. ). `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-01-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2003-01-14** 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/30c23141-039c-4afa-83c9-adf020b2af14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).