Pupils: bullying and harassment prevention information.
The Safe Place to Learn Act requires the State Department of Education to assess whether local educational agencies have taken certain actions related to educational equity, including adopting a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on specified characteristics, such as disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of the specified characteristics. At the beginning of the first semester or quarter of the regular school term, existing law requires the governing board of a school district to notify the parent or guardian of a minor pupil regarding the right or responsibility of the parent or guardian under specified provisions. Existing law requires that notice to include, among other things, a copy of the school district's written sexual harassment policy, as it relates to pupils.
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California Legislature
20192020
AB 34
California AB 34 (20192020)
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Pupils: bullying and harassment prevention information.
California AB 34 (20192020) — Pupils: bullying and harassment prevention information.
The Safe Place to Learn Act requires the State Department of Education to assess whether local educational agencies have taken certain actions related to educational equity, including adopting a policy that prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on specified characteristics, such as disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of the specified characteristics. At the beginning of the first semester or quarter of the regular school term, existing law requires the governing board of a school district to notify the parent or guardian of a minor pupil regarding the right or responsibility of the parent or guardian under specified provisions. Existing law requires that notice to include, among other things, a copy of the school district's written sexual harassment policy, as it relates to pupils.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB34 Ramos et al. By Rubio — 39–0 (pass) · upper
AB 34 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 34 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ramos — primary (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
2019-03-25 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2019-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2019-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1473.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2019-06-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-06-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-01 From Consent Calendar.
2019-07-01 Ordered to third reading.
2019-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2281.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2891.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 282, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/547174d2-d98c-42af-bb69-66d39418a37c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).