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type: "Bill"
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title: "School safety: Safe Place to Learn Act."
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description: "Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law, the Safe Place to Learn Act, requires the State Department of Education, as part of its regular monitoring and review of a local educational agency, to assess whether the local educational agency has, among other things, adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying, as specified, and has publicized that policy to pupils, parents, employees, agents of the governing board, and the general public."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 2845"
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citation: "California AB 2845 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["School safety: Safe Place to Learn Act."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-02-19"
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last_action: "2016-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f96d806-be61-460e-8b3e-30a11e6797a7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845"
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source_hash: "4de63d9a3a1a1cd58dc02d28120cf2220cecadae042c14ee4bf74806a41a364d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2845 (20152016) — School safety: Safe Place to Learn Act.
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Existing law establishes the system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and provides for the establishment of local educational agencies to operate these schools and provide instruction to pupils. Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law, the Safe Place to Learn Act, requires the State Department of Education, as part of its regular monitoring and review of a local educational agency, to assess whether the local educational agency has, among other things, adopted a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying, as specified, and has publicized that policy to pupils, parents, employees, agents of the governing board, and the general public.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845&version=20150AB284599INT)
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2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845&version=20150AB284598AMD)
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3. **04/12/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845&version=20150AB284597AMD)
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4. **04/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845&version=20150AB284596AMD)
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5. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845&version=20150AB284595AMD)
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6. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845&version=20150AB284593CHP)
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7. **AB2845** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845)
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8. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2845&version=20150AB284594ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2845 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB2845 Williams By Pan — **34–3** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2845 WILLIAMS Consent Calendar Second Day — **67–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Williams — primary (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-17** 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`
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- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-12** 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`
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- **2016-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 4961.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 5126.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6203.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f96d806-be61-460e-8b3e-30a11e6797a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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