--- type: "Bill" title: "School safety plans: dangerous, violent, or unlawful activities." description: "Existing law requires school districts and county offices of education to be responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires the schoolsite council of a school to write and develop the comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school, in consultation with a representative from a law enforcement agency, a fire department, and other first responder entities. Existing law requires the plan to include specified components, including procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents. Existing law requires a petition to establish a charter school to include, among other things, a reasonably comprehensive description of the procedures that the charter school will follow to ensure the health and safety of pupils and staff, including requiring the development and annual update of a school safety plan that includes certain safety topics and procedures." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 671" citation: "California SB 671 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["School safety plans", "dangerous", "violent", "or unlawful activities"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"] version_count: 8 action_count: 34 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2023-02-16" last_action: "2023-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19aa685b-6261-4a78-9fce-eefedcbe40e8" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671" source_hash: "9e212cc6d23fdabc7ef19108cee276e1f3e9f39c343d510e584624c088e8c4e5" 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 671 (20232024) — School safety plans: dangerous, violent, or unlawful activities. Existing law requires school districts and county offices of education to be responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires the schoolsite council of a school to write and develop the comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school, in consultation with a representative from a law enforcement agency, a fire department, and other first responder entities. Existing law requires the plan to include specified components, including procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents. Existing law requires a petition to establish a charter school to include, among other things, a reasonably comprehensive description of the procedures that the charter school will follow to ensure the health and safety of pupils and staff, including requiring the development and annual update of a school safety plan that includes certain safety topics and procedures. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671&version=20230SB67199INT) 2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671&version=20230SB67198AMD) 3. **04/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671&version=20230SB67197AMD) 4. **09/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671&version=20230SB67196AMD) 5. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671&version=20230SB67195AMD) 6. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671&version=20230SB67193CHP) 7. **SB671** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671) 8. **09/19/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB671&version=20230SB67194ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - SB 671 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Blanca Rubio — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB671 Portantino Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Portantino — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. - **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 12. - **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 682.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-04-17** Withdrawn from committee. - **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1. - **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18. - **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1179.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1303.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-06** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3010.) - **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3355.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2794.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 626, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19aa685b-6261-4a78-9fce-eefedcbe40e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).