---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public schools: pupil records: confidentiality."
description: "Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without written parental consent or judicial order, except as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 643"
citation: "California AB 643 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public schools: pupil records: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ab0832a-44f8-4fc5-80fa-f56431d031b5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643"
source_hash: "cc5e84f2e8f82d01685339d6765786653025359f4ebef1adc94120a0342ded5e"
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 643 (20132014) — Public schools: pupil records: confidentiality.

Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without written parental consent or judicial order, except as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643&version=20130AB64399INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643&version=20130AB64398AMD)
3. **04/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643&version=20130AB64397AMD)
4. **05/07/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643&version=20130AB64396AMD)
5. **06/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643&version=20130AB64395AMD)
6. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643&version=20130AB64393CHP)
7. **AB643** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643)
8. **07/01/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB643&version=20130AB64394ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 643 STONE Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 643 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-19** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1409.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1489.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2195.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 80, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ab0832a-44f8-4fc5-80fa-f56431d031b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).