---
type: "Bill"
title: "School reports: defamation liability."
description: "School reports: defamation liability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1717"
citation: "California AB 1717 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School reports: defamation liability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zettel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-03-12"
last_action: "2001-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fe9eb3d-d041-41f3-86a2-dbed6f8d91ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717"
source_hash: "ab18ac88f955e30a7aca5161e2f9bea1185995ee8fb679f8aee25c59d6e5453e"
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 1717 (20012002) — School reports: defamation liability.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/12/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717&version=20010AB171799INT)
2. **05/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717&version=20010AB171798AMD)
3. **05/15/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717&version=20010AB171797AMD)
4. **09/04/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717&version=20010AB171796AMD)
5. **10/07/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717&version=20010AB171794CHP)
6. **AB1717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717)
7. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717&version=20010AB171795ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1717 Zettel Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1717 Zettel By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1717 Zettel Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zettel — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — principal coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Runner — author (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2001-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3836.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2648.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-04** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1677.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-13** From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
- **2001-03-12** Joint Rule 54 suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fe9eb3d-d041-41f3-86a2-dbed6f8d91ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).