---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schoolbus safety: child safety alert system."
description: "Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools, the superintendent of a school district, or the owner or operator of a private school that provides transportation to or from a school or school activity to prepare a transportation safety plan containing procedures for school personnel to follow to ensure the safe transport of pupils, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1072"
citation: "California SB 1072 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schoolbus safety: child safety alert system."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28da47f7-4fc2-4d4b-aab2-6857aa8f10c7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072"
source_hash: "f971865b938b03b70c19f2d7865081abe615cb7dfd864aba1b995fac1c61e951"
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 1072 (20152016) — Schoolbus safety: child safety alert system.

Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools, the superintendent of a school district, or the owner or operator of a private school that provides transportation to or from a school or school activity to prepare a transportation safety plan containing procedures for school personnel to follow to ensure the safe transport of pupils, as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072&version=20150SB107299INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072&version=20150SB107298AMD)
3. **04/07/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072&version=20150SB107297AMD)
4. **06/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072&version=20150SB107296AMD)
5. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072&version=20150SB107295AMD)
6. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072&version=20150SB107293CHP)
7. **SB1072** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072)
8. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1072&version=20150SB107294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1072 Mendoza Senate Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1072 Mendoza Senate Third Reading — **70–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1072 Mendoza Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3396.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3516.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3741.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3807.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5958.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 10. Page 6084.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5442.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 721, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28da47f7-4fc2-4d4b-aab2-6857aa8f10c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).