republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1455.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: bullying: counseling services."
description: "Existing law prohibits a pupil from being suspended from school or recommended for expulsion unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed any of various acts, including bullying, as defined. Existing law authorizes the superintendent of the school district or the principal of a school, for a pupil subject to discipline, to use alternatives to suspension or expulsion that are age appropriate and designed to address and correct the pupil's specific misbehavior, including, among other alternatives, referrals to the school counselor, psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support service personnel for case management and counseling."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1455"
citation: "California AB 1455 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: bullying: counseling services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-01-09"
last_action: "2014-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79e86f19-e78b-46c3-b87a-183c7233da8c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1455"
source_hash: "404b9b1d640a6602768d579a362a656b6ebcb07c8702dc126a4e8b2e98dab098"
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 1455 (20132014) — Pupils: bullying: counseling services.

Existing law prohibits a pupil from being suspended from school or recommended for expulsion unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed any of various acts, including bullying, as defined. Existing law authorizes the superintendent of the school district or the principal of a school, for a pupil subject to discipline, to use alternatives to suspension or expulsion that are age appropriate and designed to address and correct the pupil's specific misbehavior, including, among other alternatives, referrals to the school counselor, psychologist, social worker, child welfare attendance personnel, or other school support service personnel for case management and counseling.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/09/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1455&version=20130AB145599INT)
2. **03/17/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1455&version=20130AB145598AMD)
3. **06/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1455&version=20130AB145597AMD)
4. **08/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1455&version=20130AB145595CHP)
5. **AB1455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1455)
6. **08/08/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1455&version=20130AB145596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1455 CAMPOS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 1455 CAMPOS Assembly Third Reading — **69–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #18 — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Campos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 3. Page 4594.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4258.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 5899.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-08-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 229, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79e86f19-e78b-46c3-b87a-183c7233da8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).