---
type: "Bill"
title: "School security: surplus military equipment."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to establish a security department under the supervision of a chief of security, or a police department under the supervision of a school chief of police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 242"
citation: "California SB 242 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School security: surplus military equipment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2015-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdf9baac-e5e4-4866-9021-42b0903c30f9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB242"
source_hash: "2e0e484d1e8ec9541379992ad8c9c2fd78a4067b2acf4899fda5c6d0dfa21ae1"
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 242 (20152016) — School security: surplus military equipment.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to establish a security department under the supervision of a chief of security, or a police department under the supervision of a school chief of police.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB242&version=20150SB24299INT)
2. **04/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB242&version=20150SB24298AMD)
3. **06/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB242&version=20150SB24297AMD)
4. **07/13/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB242&version=20150SB24295CHP)
5. **SB242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB242)
6. **06/30/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB242&version=20150SB24296ENR)

## Votes

- SB 242 Monning Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **64–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB242 Monning Concurrence — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monning — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2015-02-26** Referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-13** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2015-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 418.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-09** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 729.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 836.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 2148.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 1660.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2015-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 79, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdf9baac-e5e4-4866-9021-42b0903c30f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).