---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil discipline: suspensions and expulsions."
description: "Existing law requires the principal of a school or the principal's designee to notify the appropriate law enforcement agencies of the county or city in which the school is situated of certain unlawful acts committed by a pupil that may result in suspension, expulsion, or criminal liability of the pupil, as specified. Existing law provides that a willful failure to make a report required by these provisions is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more that $500."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2537"
citation: "California AB 2537 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil discipline: suspensions and expulsions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Manuel Pérez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3b2bcba-4594-4ff6-85bb-f3c8f38dce6f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537"
source_hash: "955c4c19192757bcc95554b3705bbbcbce8f2c5ca01ebf432a3f6601a42e4c40"
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 2537 (20112012) — Pupil discipline: suspensions and expulsions.

Existing law requires the principal of a school or the principal's designee to notify the appropriate law enforcement agencies of the county or city in which the school is situated of certain unlawful acts committed by a pupil that may result in suspension, expulsion, or criminal liability of the pupil, as specified. Existing law provides that a willful failure to make a report required by these provisions is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more that $500.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537&version=20110AB253799INT)
2. **05/01/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537&version=20110AB253798AMD)
3. **05/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537&version=20110AB253797AMD)
4. **06/19/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537&version=20110AB253796AMD)
5. **08/07/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537&version=20110AB253795AMD)
6. **09/21/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537&version=20110AB253793CHP)
7. **AB2537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537)
8. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537&version=20110AB253794ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2537 V. Manuel Pérez By Price — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **4–3** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2537 PÉREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — **50–24** (pass) · lower
- AB 2537 PÉREZ, V.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** In committee: Hearing for testimony only.
- **2012-04-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 5198.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 4692.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 6323.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
- **2012-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 431, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3b2bcba-4594-4ff6-85bb-f3c8f38dce6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).