---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazing: educational institutions: prohibition and civil liability: reports and resources."
description: "Existing law makes it unlawful to engage in hazing, which is defined as a method of initiation or preinitiation into a student organization or student body, whether or not the organization or body is officially recognized by an educational institution, that is likely to cause serious bodily injury to a former, current, or prospective student of a school, community college, college, university, or other educational institution in the state. Existing law establishes civil liability for hazing participants or the organization if it is involved in the hazing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2193"
citation: "California AB 2193 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hazing", "educational institutions", "prohibition and civil liability", "reports and resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aed40c84-bb75-40f1-8058-2c718f3b5e58"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193"
source_hash: "c906072362981e61af38cd8eab3b7072d9b6bcd9553d79da9ca0d119929049e9"
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 2193 (20232024) — Hazing: educational institutions: prohibition and civil liability: reports and resources.

Existing law makes it unlawful to engage in hazing, which is defined as a method of initiation or preinitiation into a student organization or student body, whether or not the organization or body is officially recognized by an educational institution, that is likely to cause serious bodily injury to a former, current, or prospective student of a school, community college, college, university, or other educational institution in the state. Existing law establishes civil liability for hazing participants or the organization if it is involved in the hazing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193&version=20230AB219399INT)
2. **04/25/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193&version=20230AB219398AMD)
3. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193&version=20230AB219397AMD)
4. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193&version=20230AB219396AMD)
5. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193&version=20230AB219395AMD)
6. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193&version=20230AB219393CHP)
7. **AB2193** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193)
8. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2193&version=20230AB219394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2193 Holden Assembly Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2193 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2193 Holden et al. By Umberg — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 1. Page 5403.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 2.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 704, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aed40c84-bb75-40f1-8058-2c718f3b5e58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).