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Bill	Juveniles.	(1) Existing law authorizes a pupil to be referred to a school attendance review board, or to the probation department for services if the probation department has elected to receive these referrals, if the pupil is habitually truant, a chronic absentee, or is habitually insubordinate or disorderly at school. Existing law requires the school attendance review board or probation officer to direct those pupils or their parents or guardians to make use of community services, if available. Upon a determination that available community services cannot resolve the problem of truancy or insubordination, existing law authorizes the school attendance review board or probation officer to notify the district attorney in a county that has elected to participate in a truancy mediation program. In a county that has not elected to participate in a truancy mediation program, existing law authorizes the county superintendent of schools to petition the juvenile court on behalf of a pupil for proper disposition of a case. In a county that has not established a school attendance review board, existing law authorizes the school district to notify the district attorney or probation officer, as specified, that available community resources cannot resolve the problem of truancy or insubordination.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 901	California AB 901 (20192020)	bill	Juveniles.	enacted	Gipson	9	34	11	2019-02-20	2020-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/bf0baa48-db2f-4868-816a-783b1a32dee5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB901	f3224a51fa9d36190490523ec43785b13abb9130935a1dcabc14a958227e16a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 901 (20192020) — Juveniles.

(1) Existing law authorizes a pupil to be referred to a school attendance review board, or to the probation department for services if the probation department has elected to receive these referrals, if the pupil is habitually truant, a chronic absentee, or is habitually insubordinate or disorderly at school. Existing law requires the school attendance review board or probation officer to direct those pupils or their parents or guardians to make use of community services, if available. Upon a determination that available community services cannot resolve the problem of truancy or insubordination, existing law authorizes the school attendance review board or probation officer to notify the district attorney in a county that has elected to participate in a truancy mediation program. In a county that has not elected to participate in a truancy mediation program, existing law authorizes the county superintendent of schools to petition the juvenile court on behalf of a pupil for proper disposition of a case. In a county that has not established a school attendance review board, existing law authorizes the school district to notify the district attorney or probation officer, as specified, that available community resources cannot resolve the problem of truancy or insubordination.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/16/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/13/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/13/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB901 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/27/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• That the measure be held in committee pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 901 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — 42–27 (pass) · lower
• AB 901 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–12 (pass) · lower
• That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB901 Gipson et al. By Beall — 27–7 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gipson — primary (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2019-03-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 27. Page 2113.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-12 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and ED. referral-committee
• 2019-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-13 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-19 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). referral-committee
• 2019-09-09 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-09-11 In committee: That the measure be held in committee pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.
• 2020-03-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-07-29 From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 29) committee-passage
• 2020-07-29 Ordered to third reading.
• 2020-08-13 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 4298.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2020-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 12. Page 5228.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2020-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bf0baa48-db2f-4868-816a-783b1a32dee5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).