republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-631.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: juvenile court schools."
description: "Existing law requires county boards of education to provide for the administration and operation of public schools in juvenile homes, juvenile halls, day centers, juvenile ranches, juvenile camps, regional youth educational facilities, Orange County youth correctional centers, or in any group home housing 25 or more children, as specified. These public schools are known under existing law as juvenile court schools. Existing law requires that juvenile court schools be conducted in a manner prescribed by the county board of education to best accomplish the purposes set forth in existing law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 631"
citation: "California AB 631 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: juvenile court schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fox"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbce95b7-a03e-4fc3-b788-49b2d1f6f6ab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631"
source_hash: "e52666994e366f55193184421721a097eff2f589c7fef40985ad9932cb626874"
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 631 (20132014) — Pupils: juvenile court schools.

Existing law requires county boards of education to provide for the administration and operation of public schools in juvenile homes, juvenile halls, day centers, juvenile ranches, juvenile camps, regional youth educational facilities, Orange County youth correctional centers, or in any group home housing 25 or more children, as specified. These public schools are known under existing law as juvenile court schools. Existing law requires that juvenile court schools be conducted in a manner prescribed by the county board of education to best accomplish the purposes set forth in existing law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631&version=20130AB63199INT)
2. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631&version=20130AB63198AMD)
3. **04/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631&version=20130AB63197AMD)
4. **05/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631&version=20130AB63196AMD)
5. **07/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631&version=20130AB63195AMD)
6. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631&version=20130AB63193CHP)
7. **AB631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631)
8. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB631&version=20130AB63194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 631 FOX Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 631 FOX Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB631 Fox By Hancock — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fox — primary (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1480.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1697.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2467.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 136, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbce95b7-a03e-4fc3-b788-49b2d1f6f6ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).