Youth athletics: youth sports organizations: concussions or other head injuries.
Existing law requires a school district, charter school, or private school, 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.
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AB 2007
California AB 2007 (20152016)
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Youth athletics: youth sports organizations: concussions or other head injuries.
California AB 2007 (20152016) — Youth athletics: youth sports organizations: concussions or other head injuries.
Existing law requires a school district, charter school, or private school, 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.
AB 2007 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — 56–19 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McCarty — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2016-02-29 Referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
2016-04-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. referral-committee
2016-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 48. Noes 23. Page 4948.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 5009.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2016-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 4971.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 6033.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/886afe16-53a1-436b-81d9-15e13d5e7693. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).