--- type: "Bill" title: "Juvenile court school pupils: graduation requirements and continued education options." description: "Existing law provides that if a pupil completes the statewide coursework requirements for graduation while attending a juvenile court school, a county office of education is required to issue to the pupil a diploma of graduation and shall not require the pupil to complete coursework or other requirements that are in addition to the statewide coursework requirements." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 1124" citation: "California AB 1124 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Juvenile court school pupils: graduation requirements and continued education options."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"] version_count: 7 action_count: 28 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2017-02-17" last_action: "2017-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db9d12d7-46d2-4a93-94bc-9c2d5b33cf4a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1124" source_hash: "50e495850eaa9e6600fdef8991e596915b1dc649ab3e16c6ec4cefb7383c01ca" 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 1124 (20172018) — Juvenile court school pupils: graduation requirements and continued education options. Existing law provides that if a pupil completes the statewide coursework requirements for graduation while attending a juvenile court school, a county office of education is required to issue to the pupil a diploma of graduation and shall not require the pupil to complete coursework or other requirements that are in addition to the statewide coursework requirements. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1124&version=20170AB112499INT) 2. **04/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1124&version=20170AB112498AMD) 3. **06/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1124&version=20170AB112497AMD) 4. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1124&version=20170AB112496AMD) 5. **10/13/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1124&version=20170AB112494CHP) 6. **AB1124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1124) 7. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1124&version=20170AB112495ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent Calendar # AB1124 — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1124 Cervantes Special Consent Calendar 1st Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1124 CERVANTES Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Cervantes — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21. - **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2017-04-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-04-19** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-08** From Consent Calendar by request of Assembly Member Cervantes. To Third Reading. `reading-1` - **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1480.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2017-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-07-10** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2017-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-12** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2017-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2906.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2017-09-14** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3425.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m. - **2017-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 754, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db9d12d7-46d2-4a93-94bc-9c2d5b33cf4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).