republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil records: privacy rights."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes school districts to release pupil directory information, as specified, and defines directory information as one or more prescribed items, including, among others, a pupil's name, address, telephone number, and date and place of birth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 143"
citation: "California AB 143 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil records: privacy rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fuentes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-01-13"
last_action: "2011-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/981ee778-759b-40ee-bd3f-2e7a5c2c4d80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB143"
source_hash: "accb34bb2ede020edc512efdb026ac64471eb3d479679ca607b9595e37642f3f"
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 143 (20112012) — Pupil records: privacy rights.

(1) Existing law authorizes school districts to release pupil directory information, as specified, and defines directory information as one or more prescribed items, including, among others, a pupil's name, address, telephone number, and date and place of birth.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/13/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB143&version=20110AB14399INT)
2. **04/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB143&version=20110AB14398AMD)
3. **04/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB143&version=20110AB14397AMD)
4. **06/27/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB143&version=20110AB14396AMD)
5. **10/03/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB143&version=20110AB14394CHP)
6. **AB143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB143)
7. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB143&version=20110AB14395ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #7 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 143 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 143 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fuentes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-14** From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
- **2011-02-03** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-03-31** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-04** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 1047.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1915.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2543.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 434, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/981ee778-759b-40ee-bd3f-2e7a5c2c4d80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).