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Bill	Restraining orders: educational institutions.	Existing law authorizes a chief administrative officer of a postsecondary educational institution, or an officer or employee designated by the chief administrative officer to maintain order on the school campus or facility, that has a student who has suffered a credible threat of violence made off the school campus or facility from any individual which can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the school campus or facility, to seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction on behalf of the student and, at the discretion of the court, any number of other students at the campus or facility, as specified. "Postsecondary educational institution" is defined for purposes of these provisions as a private institution of vocational, professional, or postsecondary education.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2096	California AB 2096 (20232024)	bill	Restraining orders educational institutions	enacted	Petrie-Norris	6	29	10	2024-02-05	2024-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/cbeee6a2-6c24-47a6-afb9-d178404330fb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2096	a23199acb9a8b0258226bf70b0be198162c7d265412d8f8901c1a51f162422d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2096 (20232024) — Restraining orders: educational institutions.

Existing law authorizes a chief administrative officer of a postsecondary educational institution, or an officer or employee designated by the chief administrative officer to maintain order on the school campus or facility, that has a student who has suffered a credible threat of violence made off the school campus or facility from any individual which can reasonably be construed to be carried out or to have been carried out at the school campus or facility, to seek a temporary restraining order and an injunction on behalf of the student and, at the discretion of the court, any number of other students at the campus or facility, as specified. "Postsecondary educational institution" is defined for purposes of these provisions as a private institution of vocational, professional, or postsecondary education.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/16/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/24/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2096 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2096 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB2096 Petrie-Norris et al. By Blakespear — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2096 Petrie-Norris Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
• Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
• 2024-02-20 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2024-03-12 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-03-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5361.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and ED. referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2024-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 947, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cbeee6a2-6c24-47a6-afb9-d178404330fb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).