---
type: "Bill"
title: "Parental authority: educational decisions."
description: "Parental authority: educational decisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 886"
citation: "California AB 886 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Parental authority: educational decisions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2002-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ce3df3-8d18-40cf-b285-4dfbb5156f93"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886"
source_hash: "8a89fa9664ea388a2cea3811d897cf6c7c697af1ad5fd8a88d28669df8034b0c"
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 886 (20012002) — Parental authority: educational decisions.

## 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=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88699INT)
2. **01/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88698AMD)
3. **01/28/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88697AMD)
4. **03/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88696AMD)
5. **04/30/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88695AMD)
6. **05/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88694AMD)
7. **06/11/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88693AMD)
8. **07/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88691CHP)
9. **AB886** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886)
10. **06/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB886&version=20010AB88692ENR)

## Votes

- Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB886 Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 886 Simitian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 886 Simitian Consent Calendar First Day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Daucher — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 180, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 7074.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-20** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-11** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-22** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-15** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4663.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (January 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **2002-01-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-09** 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`
- **2001-04-18** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2001-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **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/22ce3df3-8d18-40cf-b285-4dfbb5156f93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).