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type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil rights: suspension or expulsion: alternatives and other means of correction."
description: "Existing law provides that a pupil shall not be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed a specified act. Existing law also authorizes a superintendent of the school district or principal to use his or her discretion to provide alternatives to suspension or expulsion, including, but not limited to, counseling and an anger management program, for a pupil subject to discipline under this provision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1729"
citation: "California AB 1729 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil rights: suspension or expulsion: alternatives and other means of correction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ammiano"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-16"
last_action: "2012-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67a941d8-b918-4e2f-93d8-3f2030bb9f43"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729"
source_hash: "f4599b112c60b2eb9a38acca4184fc45acec8e062a5233f0b6a8550a2fe36392"
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 1729 (20112012) — Pupil rights: suspension or expulsion: alternatives and other means of correction.
Existing law provides that a pupil shall not be suspended from school or recommended for expulsion unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school in which the pupil is enrolled determines that the pupil has committed a specified act. Existing law also authorizes a superintendent of the school district or principal to use his or her discretion to provide alternatives to suspension or expulsion, including, but not limited to, counseling and an anger management program, for a pupil subject to discipline under this provision.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729&version=20110AB172999INT)
2. **04/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729&version=20110AB172998AMD)
3. **05/07/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729&version=20110AB172997AMD)
4. **05/25/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729&version=20110AB172996AMD)
5. **08/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729&version=20110AB172995AMD)
6. **09/21/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729&version=20110AB172993CHP)
7. **AB1729** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729)
8. **09/06/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1729&version=20110AB172994ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **125** (pass) · lower
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **64** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **53** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **63** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1729 Ammiano By Price — **2114** (pass) · upper
- AB 1729 AMMIANO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5327** (pass) · lower
- AB 1729 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading — **5325** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ammiano — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2012-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 5113.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 4750.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 6408.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.
- **2012-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 425, Statutes of 2012.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67a941d8-b918-4e2f-93d8-3f2030bb9f43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).