republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2097.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil records: social security numbers."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in order to assist the state in evaluating the effectiveness of special education programs, including transition and work experience programs, to collect and utilize social security numbers of individuals with exceptional needs as pupil identification numbers beginning in the 1993–94 fiscal year and phased in over a 2-year period. In a situation where a social security number is not available, existing law requires the Superintendent to assign another pupil identification number for purposes of evaluating special education programs and related services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2097"
citation: "California AB 2097 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil records: social security numbers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melendez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3687e08-5029-40f1-b37d-832b59dd9332"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2097"
source_hash: "22e498b41732266a98febf3e727faa5b2b8788266664e40d98999fb41af9503c"
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 2097 (20152016) — Pupil records: social security numbers.

Existing law authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in order to assist the state in evaluating the effectiveness of special education programs, including transition and work experience programs, to collect and utilize social security numbers of individuals with exceptional needs as pupil identification numbers beginning in the 1993–94 fiscal year and phased in over a 2-year period. In a situation where a social security number is not available, existing law requires the Superintendent to assign another pupil identification number for purposes of evaluating special education programs and related services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2097&version=20150AB209799INT)
2. **03/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2097&version=20150AB209798AMD)
3. **04/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2097&version=20150AB209797AMD)
4. **08/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2097&version=20150AB209795CHP)
5. **AB2097** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2097)
6. **08/15/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2097&version=20150AB209796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2097 MELENDEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Melendez — primary (person)
- Chau — coauthor (person)
- Gatto — author (person)
- Gonzalez — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Coms. on ED. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4870.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4873.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3687e08-5029-40f1-b37d-832b59dd9332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).