republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1717.md

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Bill	School reports: defamation liability.	School reports: defamation liability.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 1717	California AB 1717 (20012002)	bill	School reports: defamation liability.	enacted	Zettel	7	20	5	2001-03-12	2001-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/9fe9eb3d-d041-41f3-86a2-dbed6f8d91ad	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1717	ab18ac88f955e30a7aca5161e2f9bea1185995ee8fb679f8aee25c59d6e5453e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1717 (20012002) — School reports: defamation liability.

Version chain

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

1. 03/12/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/02/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/15/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/01 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1717 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/01 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1717 Zettel Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1717 Zettel By Escutia — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1717 Zettel Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Zettel — primary (person)
• Bates — coauthor (person)
• Escutia — principal coauthor (person)
• Harman — coauthor (person)
• Runner — author (person)
• Vargas — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2001-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2001.
• 2001-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2001-09-27 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2001-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3836.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2001-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2001-09-06 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2648.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-09-04 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2001-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2001-07-09 Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
• 2001-05-31 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2001-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2001-05-17 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1677.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-05-16 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2001-05-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2001-05-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 8). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2001-05-07 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2001-05-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-03-21 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2001-03-13 From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
• 2001-03-12 Joint Rule 54 suspended. Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9fe9eb3d-d041-41f3-86a2-dbed6f8d91ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).