---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: protective orders."
description: "Existing law provides authority for a governing board, the president of a community college, or the president's designee, or an instructor to suspend a student for good cause. Existing law authorizes the governing board to expel a student for good cause when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct, or when the presence of the student causes a continuing danger to the physical safety of the student or others. Existing law requires the suspension or expulsion of a student to be accompanied by a hearing as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1400"
citation: "California SB 1400 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: protective orders."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4171211-a86c-42f1-864e-7db6d6bf3448"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1400"
source_hash: "7d6c97e90b1134b6fbaf222b50da7ab369e6edc8071c9b1c3d61328c5cbbc602"
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 SB 1400 (20132014) — Community colleges: protective orders.

Existing law provides authority for a governing board, the president of a community college, or the president's designee, or an instructor to suspend a student for good cause. Existing law authorizes the governing board to expel a student for good cause when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct, or when the presence of the student causes a continuing danger to the physical safety of the student or others. Existing law requires the suspension or expulsion of a student to be accompanied by a hearing as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1400&version=20130SB140099INT)
2. **04/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1400&version=20130SB140098AMD)
3. **05/07/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1400&version=20130SB140097AMD)
4. **05/15/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1400&version=20130SB140096AMD)
5. **08/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1400&version=20130SB140094CHP)
6. **SB1400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1400)
7. **08/13/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1400&version=20130SB140095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1400 Hancock Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2014-04-09** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-11** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2014-04-16** Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-17** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2014-04-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3340.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3591.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-02** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5964.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 278, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4171211-a86c-42f1-864e-7db6d6bf3448`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).