republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2212.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: suspensions and expulsions: bullying: electronic acts: video."
description: "(1) Existing law prohibits the suspension, or recommendation for expulsion, of a pupil from school unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school determines that the pupil has committed any of various specified acts, including, but not limited to, engaging in an act of bullying by means of an electronic act. Existing law defines \"electronic act\" as the creation or transmission originated on or off the schoolsite, by means of an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, wireless telephone, or other wireless communication device, computer, or pager, of a communication, including, but not limited to, a message, text, sound, or image, or a post on a social network Internet Web site."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2212"
citation: "California AB 2212 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: suspensions and expulsions: bullying: electronic acts: video."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/848f75db-3eec-42ca-98d6-f35540cdf426"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2212"
source_hash: "4014538a7a1f19bfe0786b4f0e9da23539ddddbe24c3b8dd7015ef5f10163b4a"
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 2212 (20152016) — Pupils: suspensions and expulsions: bullying: electronic acts: video.

(1) Existing law prohibits the suspension, or recommendation for expulsion, of a pupil from school unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school determines that the pupil has committed any of various specified acts, including, but not limited to, engaging in an act of bullying by means of an electronic act. Existing law defines "electronic act" as the creation or transmission originated on or off the schoolsite, by means of an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, wireless telephone, or other wireless communication device, computer, or pager, of a communication, including, but not limited to, a message, text, sound, or image, or a post on a social network Internet Web site.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2212&version=20150AB221299INT)
2. **03/30/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2212&version=20150AB221298AMD)
3. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2212&version=20150AB221297AMD)
4. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2212&version=20150AB221295CHP)
5. **AB2212** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2212)
6. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2212&version=20150AB221296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2212 HARPER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2212 Harper By Vidak — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2212 HARPER Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Harper — primary (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** 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`
- **2016-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4791.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5125.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6193.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 412, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/848f75db-3eec-42ca-98d6-f35540cdf426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).