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Bill	Special education: emotional disability.	Existing federal law defines the term "emotional disturbance" for purposes of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Existing state law uses the term "emotional disturbance" for certain purposes relating to the provision of special education services.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2173	California AB 2173 (20232024)	bill	Special education emotional disability	enacted	Addis	5	19	6	2024-02-07	2024-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/2db6734d-ca0e-4263-a2f2-9c8f1c05e5f0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2173	b5e246091f2a87801756e9ded9fdcc1cd69bbbd184b368b98403a2b0a606018a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2173 (20232024) — Special education: emotional disability.

Existing federal law defines the term "emotional disturbance" for purposes of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Existing state law uses the term "emotional disturbance" for certain purposes relating to the provision of special education services.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/03/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/18/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2173 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/08/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB2173 Addis et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2173 Addis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2173 Addis Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Addis — primary (person)
• Wahab — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2024-02-20 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4491.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-07-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6145.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-07-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2024-07-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-07-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 149, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2db6734d-ca0e-4263-a2f2-9c8f1c05e5f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).