republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-419.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil discipline: suspensions: willful defiance."
description: "Existing law prohibits a pupil from being suspended from school or recommended for expulsion, unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed a specified act, including, among other acts, disrupting school activities or otherwise willfully defying the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 419"
citation: "California SB 419 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil discipline: suspensions: willful defiance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/847fb0fd-c10c-452c-96ec-10d91fc532a1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419"
source_hash: "73e1532db6aebb46e6a71c960aa17e72dfae28bf6aa5f5c2e49d9515773eb655"
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 SB 419 (20192020) — Pupil discipline: suspensions: willful defiance.

Existing law prohibits a pupil from being suspended from school or recommended for expulsion, unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed a specified act, including, among other acts, disrupting school activities or otherwise willfully defying the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419&version=20190SB41999INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419&version=20190SB41998AMD)
3. **04/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419&version=20190SB41997AMD)
4. **07/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419&version=20190SB41996AMD)
5. **08/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419&version=20190SB41995AMD)
6. **09/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419&version=20190SB41993CHP)
7. **SB419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419)
8. **08/23/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB419&version=20190SB41994ENR)

## Votes

- SB 419 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Gloria — **58–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB419 Skinner Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2019-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** April 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-03-28** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2019-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** April 24 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-04-02** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 649.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 745.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-08-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 2754.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-20** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2236.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 279, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/847fb0fd-c10c-452c-96ec-10d91fc532a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).