---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools: emergency medical assistance: administration of epilepsy medication."
description: "Existing law provides that in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school, a school district is authorized to provide school personnel with voluntary medical training to provide emergency medical assistance to pupils with diabetes suffering from severe hypoglycemia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "California SB 161 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools: emergency medical assistance: administration of epilepsy medication."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huff"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-02"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc7a7fd5-d1c5-40a5-865d-edee53e7071f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161"
source_hash: "e09d0f2e0e75ac186e5a74d7eab43291f0b5f9aff2d93419676ce668016dce30"
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 SB 161 (20112012) — Schools: emergency medical assistance: administration of epilepsy medication.

Existing law provides that in the absence of a credentialed school nurse or other licensed nurse onsite at the school, a school district is authorized to provide school personnel with voluntary medical training to provide emergency medical assistance to pupils with diabetes suffering from severe hypoglycemia.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16199INT)
2. **03/09/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16198AMD)
3. **04/25/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16197AMD)
4. **05/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16196AMD)
5. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16195AMD)
6. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16194AMD)
7. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16193AMD)
8. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16191CHP)
9. **SB161** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161)
10. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB161&version=20110SB16192ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **32–4** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB161 Huff Concurrence — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- SB 161 Huff Senate Third Reading By CEDILLO — **46–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huff — primary (person)
- Halderman — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-08** Set for hearing March 16.
- **2011-03-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 360.) (March 16). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-23** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 580.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-03** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2011-05-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-23** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-25** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-31** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1113.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 1277.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 21. Page 2696.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 2235.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 560, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc7a7fd5-d1c5-40a5-865d-edee53e7071f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).