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Bill	School athletics: concussions.	Existing law requires a school district, if it offers an athletic program, to immediately remove an athlete from an athletic activity for the remainder of the day if the athlete is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury, and prohibits the athlete from returning to the athletic activity until the athlete is evaluated by a licensed health care provider, trained in the management of concussions, and acting within the scope of his or her practice, and the athlete receives written clearance from the licensed health care provider to return to the athletic activity. Existing law also requires, on a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury information sheet to be signed and returned by the athlete and athlete's parent or guardian before the athlete's initiating practice or competition.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 588	California AB 588 (20132014)	bill	School athletics: concussions.	enacted	Fox	6	21	7	2013-02-20	2013-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/17af502d-37a3-4fe3-bc30-42b36d0ca947	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB588	502db2da1e8079553a188241025d78f8bd0eeb78898b0fc0dda13e76bcbb707c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 588 (20132014) — School athletics: concussions.

Existing law requires a school district, if it offers an athletic program, to immediately remove an athlete from an athletic activity for the remainder of the day if the athlete is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury, and prohibits the athlete from returning to the athletic activity until the athlete is evaluated by a licensed health care provider, trained in the management of concussions, and acting within the scope of his or her practice, and the athlete receives written clearance from the licensed health care provider to return to the athletic activity. Existing law also requires, on a yearly basis, a concussion and head injury information sheet to be signed and returned by the athlete and athlete's parent or guardian before the athlete's initiating practice or competition.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/13/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB588 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/16/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB588 Fox By Liu — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 588 FOX Assembly Third Reading — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 588 FOX Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Fox — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2013-05-09 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1473.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-24 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2239.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3105.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 423, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17af502d-37a3-4fe3-bc30-42b36d0ca947. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).