republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-960.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School safety: web-based or app-based school safety programs."
description: "Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that all public schools, in kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by school districts, in cooperation with specified entities and individuals, develop a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. Existing law provides that school districts and county offices of education are responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 960"
citation: "California AB 960 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School safety", "web-based or app-based school safety programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathis"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38c7ab22-5e1c-4f42-8f1a-4c74cfc4e93b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960"
source_hash: "b8f57d8bb4141342ef2563655636ff514c35aa9eab5da8c5ba37f9b9da3ae4a7"
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 AB 960 (20232024) — School safety: web-based or app-based school safety programs.

Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that all public schools, in kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by school districts, in cooperation with specified entities and individuals, develop a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. Existing law provides that school districts and county offices of education are responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960&version=20230AB96099INT)
2. **01/12/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960&version=20230AB96097AMD)
3. **03/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960&version=20230AB96098AMD)
4. **05/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960&version=20230AB96096AMD)
5. **06/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960&version=20230AB96095AMD)
6. **06/27/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960&version=20230AB96094AMD)
7. **09/24/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960&version=20230AB96092CHP)
8. **AB960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960)
9. **08/14/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB960&version=20230AB96093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 960 Mathis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 960 Mathis Assembly Third Reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mathis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-03-20** 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`
- **2023-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-04-17** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-01-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2024-01-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-01-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 3884.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06** 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`
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4931.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6267.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 528, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38c7ab22-5e1c-4f42-8f1a-4c74cfc4e93b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).