--- type: "Bill" title: "Pupil rights: prone restraint." description: "Existing law prohibits a person employed by or engaged in a public school from inflicting, or causing to be inflicted, corporal punishment upon a pupil. Existing law prohibits the use of certain restraint and seclusion techniques. Existing law authorizes staff trained in prone containment to use the procedure on a pupil who is an individual with exceptional needs in a public school program as an emergency intervention. If prone restraint techniques are used, existing law requires a staff member to observe the pupil for any signs of distress throughout the use of prone restraint." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 483" citation: "California SB 483 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Pupil rights", "prone restraint"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"] version_count: 5 action_count: 23 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2023-02-14" last_action: "2024-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daec55dc-d9a1-4a51-a042-475fcd984521" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483" source_hash: "ea096bada5eca2f063fe94a1cabd5045d1ac704aed93a306a483386ab6d03062" 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 483 (20232024) — Pupil rights: prone restraint. Existing law prohibits a person employed by or engaged in a public school from inflicting, or causing to be inflicted, corporal punishment upon a pupil. Existing law prohibits the use of certain restraint and seclusion techniques. Existing law authorizes staff trained in prone containment to use the procedure on a pupil who is an individual with exceptional needs in a public school program as an emergency intervention. If prone restraint techniques are used, existing law requires a staff member to observe the pupil for any signs of distress throughout the use of prone restraint. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483&version=20230SB48399INT) 2. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483&version=20230SB48398AMD) 3. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483&version=20230SB48396CHP) 4. **SB483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483) 5. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483&version=20230SB48397ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - SB 483 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **75–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB483 Cortese et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Cortese — primary (person) - Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person) - Bonta — coauthor (person) - Jackson — coauthor (person) - Ortega — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2023-02-22** Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR. `referral-committee` - **2023-12-21** Set for hearing January 10. - **2024-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2969.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-01-11** Set for hearing January 16. - **2024-01-16** January 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2024-01-17** Set for hearing January 18. - **2024-01-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3011.) (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3050.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-01-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-19** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6650.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5586.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daec55dc-d9a1-4a51-a042-475fcd984521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).