---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil suspension and expulsion."
description: "Pupil suspension and expulsion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 662"
citation: "California AB 662 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil suspension and expulsion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2002-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/038edb44-dea0-4dd5-927b-955eb75f6fc5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB662"
source_hash: "c0d60ccef4375d87a2534c247093a1aeb697785151ae3488dc43c45d839b6118"
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 662 (20012002) — Pupil suspension and expulsion.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB662&version=20010AB66299INT)
2. **01/07/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB662&version=20010AB66297AMD)
3. **01/24/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB662&version=20010AB66296AMD)
4. **05/24/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB662&version=20010AB66298AMD)
5. **07/12/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB662&version=20010AB66294CHP)
6. **AB662** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB662)
7. **06/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB662&version=20010AB66295ENR)

## Votes

- AB 662 Vargas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB662 Vargas By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 5064.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4614.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-28** Read second time. To third reading. (Corrected January 25. ) `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-01-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** 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/038edb44-dea0-4dd5-927b-955eb75f6fc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).