republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-79.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School safety."
description: "School safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 79"
citation: "California AB 79 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-01-04"
last_action: "2001-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67e13dca-edff-465b-b01e-56f493fb7a8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB79"
source_hash: "9fdb4e25a15ff99e485374d129a45fbfcbee5c8fe89dd624d094c223a4f91f32"
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 79 (20012002) — School safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB79&version=20010AB7999INT)
2. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB79&version=20010AB7998AMD)
3. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB79&version=20010AB7997AMD)
4. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB79&version=20010AB7996AMD)
5. **10/10/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB79&version=20010AB7994CHP)
6. **AB79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB79)
7. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB79&version=20010AB7995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB79 Havice By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 79 Havice Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 79 Havice Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 646, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 3903.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 2862.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 2141.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-03** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 884.)
- **2001-03-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 21). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-05** From printer. May be heard in committee February 4.
- **2001-01-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67e13dca-edff-465b-b01e-56f493fb7a8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).