republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-881.md

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Bill	Pupils: grounds for suspension and expulsion: bullying.	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 further defines "electronic act" as both the creation and 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, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 881	California AB 881 (20152016)	bill	Pupils: grounds for suspension and expulsion: bullying.	enacted	Cristina Garcia	4	15	4	2015-02-26	2015-07-14	openstates	ocd-bill/cc3b418c-29a9-44c0-91d6-208306ed8cf4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB881	239352b8cb22671ab4e436a22b3d50a24246b8cedfb1a5a06b637a73cf580a00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 881 (20152016) — Pupils: grounds for suspension and expulsion: bullying.

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 further defines "electronic act" as both the creation and 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, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/14/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB881 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 881 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB881 Cristina Garcia By Liu — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cristina Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 973.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1612.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2015-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc3b418c-29a9-44c0-91d6-208306ed8cf4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).