republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2815.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil attendance: supervisors of attendance."
description: "Existing law requires the board of education of any school district and of any county to appoint a supervisor of attendance and any assistant supervisors of attendance as may be necessary to supervise the attendance of pupils in the district or county, and requires the board to prescribe the duties of the supervisor of attendance and assistant supervisors of attendance in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law authorizes a school district, with the approval of the county board of education, to contract with the county superintendent of schools for the supervision of attendance of pupils in the school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2815"
citation: "California AB 2815 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil attendance: supervisors of attendance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88378284-e765-4ca3-aa49-380ea9b4ec23"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2815"
source_hash: "8905826e21f57f52b24fecc89add43e85a1e23f173fea52c1088697d3a16958f"
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 2815 (20152016) — Pupil attendance: supervisors of attendance.

Existing law requires the board of education of any school district and of any county to appoint a supervisor of attendance and any assistant supervisors of attendance as may be necessary to supervise the attendance of pupils in the district or county, and requires the board to prescribe the duties of the supervisor of attendance and assistant supervisors of attendance in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law authorizes a school district, with the approval of the county board of education, to contract with the county superintendent of schools for the supervision of attendance of pupils in the school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2815&version=20150AB281599INT)
2. **04/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2815&version=20150AB281598AMD)
3. **05/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2815&version=20150AB281597AMD)
4. **08/01/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2815&version=20150AB281596AMD)
5. **09/29/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2815&version=20150AB281594CHP)
6. **AB2815** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2815)
7. **08/23/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2815&version=20150AB281595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2815 O'Donnell By Hancock — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2815 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2815 O'DONNELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** 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`
- **2016-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4853.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 4893.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **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** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-08-01** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4960.). `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 74. Noes 2. Page 6038.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 829, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88378284-e765-4ca3-aa49-380ea9b4ec23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).