---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil health: school employee and pupil training: excused absences: youth mental and behavioral health."
description: "(1) Existing law, notwithstanding the requirement that each person between 6 and 18 years of age who is not otherwise exempted is subject to compulsory full-time education, requires a pupil to be excused from school for specified types of absences, including, among others, if the absence was due to the pupil's illness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 14"
citation: "California SB 14 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil health: school employee and pupil training: excused absences: youth mental and behavioral health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e0b3a38-193f-416b-b0f1-f32112fcb460"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14"
source_hash: "edfe847bab5406e92f32257f7f10c19bd461e33e4d63d09486230d82e510114e"
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 14 (20212022) — Pupil health: school employee and pupil training: excused absences: youth mental and behavioral health.

(1) Existing law, notwithstanding the requirement that each person between 6 and 18 years of age who is not otherwise exempted is subject to compulsory full-time education, requires a pupil to be excused from school for specified types of absences, including, among others, if the absence was due to the pupil's illness.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1499INT)
2. **03/03/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1498AMD)
3. **03/18/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1497AMD)
4. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1496AMD)
5. **05/28/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1495AMD)
6. **06/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1494AMD)
7. **07/14/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1493AMD)
8. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1492AMD)
9. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1490CHP)
10. **SB14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14)
11. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB14&version=20210SB1491ENR)

## Votes

- 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
- Unfinished Business SB14 Portantino et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB14 Portantino et al. Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 14 Portantino Third Reading Urgency By Low — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Portantino — primary (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
- Chau — coauthor (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Low — principal coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Set for hearing March 10.
- **2021-03-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 666.) (March 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2021-04-05** April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1178.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-28** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1415.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3136.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2635.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 672, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e0b3a38-193f-416b-b0f1-f32112fcb460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).