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Bill	Pupil rights: restorative justice practices.	Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Existing law requires suspension to be imposed on a pupil only when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct, and specifies that other means of correction may include, among other things, participation in a restorative justice program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2598	California AB 2598 (20212022)	bill	Pupil rights: restorative justice practices.	enacted	Akilah Weber	9	30	8	2022-02-18	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/0244a79e-2ca5-4c2f-86c7-51e9e35e04e7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2598	905864452cd87b0d9d371d1f8da15b93d2d9514f68cd812780e824b2e6a1ba1a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2598 (20212022) — Pupil rights: restorative justice practices.

Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state. Existing law requires suspension to be imposed on a pupil only when other means of correction fail to bring about proper conduct, and specifies that other means of correction may include, among other things, participation in a restorative justice program.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/18/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/02/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/22/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2598 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2598 Akilah Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2598 Akilah Weber Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2598 Akilah Weber et al. By Kamlager — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Akilah Weber — primary (person)
• Bradford — coauthor (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Glazer — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2022-04-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2022-04-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-05-02 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4998.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2022-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 914, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0244a79e-2ca5-4c2f-86c7-51e9e35e04e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).