republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1841.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: parental consent."
description: "(1) Existing law, in defining the term \"consent\" for purposes of the provision of special education and related services to individuals with exceptional needs, includes in that definition a statement that a parent or guardian understands that granting consent is voluntary and he or she may revoke that consent at any time. Existing law provides that revocation of consent is not retroactive to negate an action that occurred after consent was given and prior to the revocation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1841"
citation: "California AB 1841 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education: parental consent."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buchanan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-12"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a2fcc64-cb66-4155-b81e-9125ac1f91f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1841"
source_hash: "b0f33e20dd786466f169475c2d5693f209d442c5ed111bbf80337bcc658d02e4"
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 1841 (20092010) — Special education: parental consent.

(1) Existing law, in defining the term "consent" for purposes of the provision of special education and related services to individuals with exceptional needs, includes in that definition a statement that a parent or guardian understands that granting consent is voluntary and he or she may revoke that consent at any time. Existing law provides that revocation of consent is not retroactive to negate an action that occurred after consent was given and prior to the revocation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1841&version=20090AB184199INT)
2. **03/18/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1841&version=20090AB184198AMD)
3. **04/06/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1841&version=20090AB184197AMD)
4. **06/03/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1841&version=20090AB184196AMD)
5. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1841&version=20090AB184194CHP)
6. **AB1841** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1841)
7. **08/19/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1841&version=20090AB184195ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1841 BUCHANAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1841 BUCHANAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1841 Buchanan By Liu — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Buchanan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2010-02-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (March 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4598.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-28** From Consent Calendar.
- **2010-06-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4450.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6220.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 243, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a2fcc64-cb66-4155-b81e-9125ac1f91f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).