---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil records: privacy rights."
description: "Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without written parental consent or judicial order, except as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 733"
citation: "California AB 733 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil records: privacy rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ma"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/806b0f67-39d4-4aa6-82ce-9aa7534cdc2b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733"
source_hash: "db259913a33f7c16f56c745926d9923490a14d0f361e8208f20282f4a6b62752"
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 733 (20112012) — Pupil records: privacy rights.

Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without written parental consent or judicial order, except as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733&version=20110AB73399INT)
2. **03/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733&version=20110AB73398AMD)
3. **06/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733&version=20110AB73397AMD)
4. **08/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733&version=20110AB73396AMD)
5. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733&version=20110AB73395AMD)
6. **09/19/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733&version=20110AB73393CHP)
7. **AB733** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733)
8. **09/10/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB733&version=20110AB73394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 733 MA Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB733 Ma By Lowenthal — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 733 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ma — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-25** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** 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`
- **2011-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1393.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-16** 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`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1690.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-07-05** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2011-07-05** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-15** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4904.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6571.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:35 p.m.
- **2012-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 388, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/806b0f67-39d4-4aa6-82ce-9aa7534cdc2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).