republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-394.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe schools: discrimination and harassment."
description: "Safe schools: discrimination and harassment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 394"
citation: "California AB 394 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safe schools: discrimination and harassment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-15"
last_action: "2007-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e18bf295-5406-4e74-891f-ab438cd86ede"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB394"
source_hash: "6bc192babaec092e636fe43d6c6f46f5c81c5d456ab533e2c1a2a16fb005b9b3"
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 394 (20072008) — Safe schools: discrimination and harassment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB394&version=20070AB39499INT)
2. **03/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB394&version=20070AB39498AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB394&version=20070AB39497AMD)
4. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB394&version=20070AB39496AMD)
5. **10/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB394&version=20070AB39494CHP)
6. **AB394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB394)
7. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB394&version=20070AB39495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 394 Levine Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 394 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB394 Levine By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 1913.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** In committee: Referred to Standing Committee on Education suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 7.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 2555.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 3368.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e18bf295-5406-4e74-891f-ab438cd86ede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).