Pupil attendance: truancy: referrals for prosecution.
Existing law defines a truant as any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse 3 full days in one school year, or tardy or absent for more than any 30-minute period during the schoolday without a valid excuse on 3 occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof. Existing law provides that a pupil who is required to be reported as a truant is subject to specified penalties for the first to 4th instances that a truancy report is issued to a pupil, and, under certain circumstances, he or she may be judged a ward of the juvenile court. Existing law provides that a parent, guardian, or other person having control of or charge of any pupil who is a truant or chronic truant is guilty of, among other things, an infraction and subject to specified penalties for the first to 3rd or subsequent convictions.
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California Legislature
20132014
AB 2141
California AB 2141 (20132014)
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Pupil attendance: truancy: referrals for prosecution.
California AB 2141 (20132014) — Pupil attendance: truancy: referrals for prosecution.
Existing law defines a truant as any pupil subject to compulsory full-time education or to compulsory continuation education who is absent from school without a valid excuse 3 full days in one school year, or tardy or absent for more than any 30-minute period during the schoolday without a valid excuse on 3 occasions in one school year, or any combination thereof. Existing law provides that a pupil who is required to be reported as a truant is subject to specified penalties for the first to 4th instances that a truancy report is issued to a pupil, and, under certain circumstances, he or she may be judged a ward of the juvenile court. Existing law provides that a parent, guardian, or other person having control of or charge of any pupil who is a truant or chronic truant is guilty of, among other things, an infraction and subject to specified penalties for the first to 3rd or subsequent convictions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2141 HALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2141 Hall By Monning — 33–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2141 HALL Assembly Third Reading — 70–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hall — primary (person)
Bocanegra — coauthor (person)
Bonta — author (person)
Buchanan — coauthor (person)
Holden — coauthor (person)
Monning — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2014-04-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (March 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-04-07 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2014-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 5263.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-06-11 Referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2014-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-08-04 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4805.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.