---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil rights: restorative justice practices."
description: "Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Existing law requires suspension to be imposed on a pupil only when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct, and specifies that other means of correction may include, among other things, participation in a restorative justice program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2598"
citation: "California AB 2598 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil rights: restorative justice practices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akilah Weber"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0244a79e-2ca5-4c2f-86c7-51e9e35e04e7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598"
source_hash: "905864452cd87b0d9d371d1f8da15b93d2d9514f68cd812780e824b2e6a1ba1a"
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 2598 (20212022) — Pupil rights: restorative justice practices.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Existing law requires suspension to be imposed on a pupil only when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct, and specifies that other means of correction may include, among other things, participation in a restorative justice program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598&version=20210AB259899INT)
2. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598&version=20210AB259898AMD)
3. **05/02/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598&version=20210AB259897AMD)
4. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598&version=20210AB259896AMD)
5. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598&version=20210AB259895AMD)
6. **08/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598&version=20210AB259894AMD)
7. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598&version=20210AB259892CHP)
8. **AB2598** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598)
9. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598&version=20210AB259893ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2598 Akilah Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2598 Akilah Weber Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2598 Akilah Weber et al. By Kamlager — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akilah Weber — primary (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Cortese — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4998.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 914, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0244a79e-2ca5-4c2f-86c7-51e9e35e04e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).