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Bill	Pupil discipline: suspensions and expulsions.	Existing law requires the principal of a school or the principal's designee to notify the appropriate law enforcement agencies of the county or city in which the school is situated of certain unlawful acts committed by a pupil that may result in suspension, expulsion, or criminal liability of the pupil, as specified. Existing law provides that a willful failure to make a report required by these provisions is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more that $500.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2537	California AB 2537 (20112012)	bill	Pupil discipline: suspensions and expulsions.	enacted	V. Manuel Pérez	8	24	7	2012-02-24	2012-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/b3b2bcba-4594-4ff6-85bb-f3c8f38dce6f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2537	955c4c19192757bcc95554b3705bbbcbce8f2c5ca01ebf432a3f6601a42e4c40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2537 (20112012) — Pupil discipline: suspensions and expulsions.

Existing law requires the principal of a school or the principal's designee to notify the appropriate law enforcement agencies of the county or city in which the school is situated of certain unlawful acts committed by a pupil that may result in suspension, expulsion, or criminal liability of the pupil, as specified. Existing law provides that a willful failure to make a report required by these provisions is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more that $500.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/07/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/21/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2537 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2537 V. Manuel Pérez By Price — 23–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 4–3 (fail) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2537 PÉREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — 50–24 (pass) · lower
• AB 2537 PÉREZ, V.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 50–27 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 In committee: Hearing for testimony only.
• 2012-04-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-05-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-05-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 5198.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-06-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-27 In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 4692.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 6323.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
• 2012-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 431, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3b2bcba-4594-4ff6-85bb-f3c8f38dce6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).