republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-9.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil rights: bullying."
description: "Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state, and that it is the purpose of existing law to prohibit acts that are contrary to that policy and to provide remedies therefor. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop a model handout, posted on appropriate department Internet Web sites, describing the rights and obligations set forth in these provisions and the policies addressing bias-related discrimination and harassment in schools. Existing law also requires the department to monitor adherence to these provisions and, as part of its regular monitoring and review of local educational agencies, to assess whether local educational agencies have adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination and harassment and a process for receiving and investigating complaints of discrimination and harassment, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 9"
citation: "California AB 9 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil rights: bullying."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ammiano"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-12-06"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1102a68-82ff-4873-a97d-5fd8ad86dd9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9"
source_hash: "d287346c30de45d728f91a137c17f8b7e6cf7241cf4970704629dfb781959ee3"
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 9 (20112012) — Pupil rights: bullying.

Existing law provides that it is the policy of the state to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state, and that it is the purpose of existing law to prohibit acts that are contrary to that policy and to provide remedies therefor. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop a model handout, posted on appropriate department Internet Web sites, describing the rights and obligations set forth in these provisions and the policies addressing bias-related discrimination and harassment in schools. Existing law also requires the department to monitor adherence to these provisions and, as part of its regular monitoring and review of local educational agencies, to assess whether local educational agencies have adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination and harassment and a process for receiving and investigating complaints of discrimination and harassment, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/06/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB999INT)
2. **03/21/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB998AMD)
3. **04/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB997AMD)
4. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB996AMD)
5. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB995AMD)
6. **06/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB994AMD)
7. **08/18/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB993AMD)
8. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB992AMD)
9. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB990CHP)
10. **AB9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9)
11. **09/09/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB9&version=20110AB991ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 9 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading — **52–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 9 AMMIANO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB9 Ammiano By Lowenthal — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ammiano — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- John A. Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Ma — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — principal coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-12-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-12-07** From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** 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`
- **2011-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** 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`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 1714.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** 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`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2250.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 2961.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 723, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1102a68-82ff-4873-a97d-5fd8ad86dd9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).