republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2246.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil suicide prevention policies."
description: "Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for the establishment of school districts and other local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law establishes the State Department of Education in state government and vests the department with specified powers and duties relating to the state's public school system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2246"
citation: "California AB 2246 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil suicide prevention policies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c210c022-5649-4c8e-9caf-02acab5a9a33"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2246"
source_hash: "1b7af63537055f106af4de3984a003c393acd8bcb9159b4ccf23bc3dfdb6b7de"
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 2246 (20152016) — Pupil suicide prevention policies.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and provides for the establishment of school districts and other local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law establishes the State Department of Education in state government and vests the department with specified powers and duties relating to the state's public school system.

## 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=201520160AB2246&version=20150AB224699INT)
2. **03/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2246&version=20150AB224698AMD)
3. **06/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2246&version=20150AB224697AMD)
4. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2246&version=20150AB224695CHP)
5. **AB2246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2246)
6. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2246&version=20150AB224696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2246 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — **67–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2246 O'DONNELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–11** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2246 O'Donnell By Leno — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Chang — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Low — 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`
- **2016-03-16** 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`
- **2016-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 5120.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5302.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 6400.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 642, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c210c022-5649-4c8e-9caf-02acab5a9a33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).