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type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention."
description: "(1) Under existing law, each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development, as specified, of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires that the plan include, among other things, child abuse reporting procedures, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 848"
citation: "California SB 848 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupilsafety", "childabuseprevention", "schoolemployeemisconduct"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pérez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76ead479-1144-484a-8e33-0e538156adf7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848"
source_hash: "857da0d2d5366821cac06a1e576248a09ca295ebeb9da758221a45ed5c446981"
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 848 (20252026) — Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention.
(1) Under existing law, each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development, as specified, of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires that the plan include, among other things, child abuse reporting procedures, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84899INT)
2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84898AMD)
3. **05/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84897AMD)
4. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84896AMD)
5. **07/07/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84895AMD)
6. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84894AMD)
7. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84893AMD)
8. **10/07/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84891CHP)
9. **SB848** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848)
10. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848&version=20250SB84892ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB848 Pérez et al. Concurrence — **370** (pass) · upper
- SB 848 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Wicks — **710** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **110** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **60** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Pérez — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Hoover — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2025-04-11** Set for hearing April 29 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 866.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 946.) (April 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2025-05-19** May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-20** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1215.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1377.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3408.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3029.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 460, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76ead479-1144-484a-8e33-0e538156adf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).