---
type: "Bill"
title: "School employees: sex offenses."
description: "School employees: sex offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 891"
citation: "California AB 891 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School employees: sex offenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Runner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e68cd0a-8482-4e4b-9fbc-794cff6786b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB891"
source_hash: "972de1a0eda1aea4636b0ef7df7e9392af5a8d509cd430936a19f2a42e89d205"
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 891 (20032004) — School employees: sex offenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB891&version=20030AB89199INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB891&version=20030AB89197AMD)
3. **04/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB891&version=20030AB89198AMD)
4. **07/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB891&version=20030AB89195CHP)
5. **AB891** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB891)
6. **06/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB891&version=20030AB89196ENR)

## Votes

- ab 891 runner consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab891 runner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Runner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 124, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4362.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-02** 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`
- **2004-02-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4391.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/8e68cd0a-8482-4e4b-9fbc-794cff6786b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).