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type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: grounds for suspension and expulsion: bullying."
description: "Existing law prohibits the suspension, or recommendation for expulsion, of a pupil from school unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school determines that the pupil has committed any of various specified acts, including, but not limited to, engaging in an act of bullying by means of an electronic act. Existing law further defines \"electronic act\" as both the creation and transmission originated on or off the schoolsite, by means of an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, wireless telephone, or other wireless communication device, computer, or pager, of a communication, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 881"
citation: "California AB 881 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: grounds for suspension and expulsion: bullying."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc3b418c-29a9-44c0-91d6-208306ed8cf4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB881"
source_hash: "239352b8cb22671ab4e436a22b3d50a24246b8cedfb1a5a06b637a73cf580a00"
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 881 (20152016) — Pupils: grounds for suspension and expulsion: bullying.
Existing law prohibits the suspension, or recommendation for expulsion, of a pupil from school unless the superintendent of the school district or the principal of the school determines that the pupil has committed any of various specified acts, including, but not limited to, engaging in an act of bullying by means of an electronic act. Existing law further defines "electronic act" as both the creation and transmission originated on or off the schoolsite, by means of an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, wireless telephone, or other wireless communication device, computer, or pager, of a communication, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB881&version=20150AB88199INT)
2. **07/14/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB881&version=20150AB88197CHP)
3. **AB881** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB881)
4. **06/29/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB881&version=20150AB88198ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 881 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **80** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB881 Cristina Garcia By Liu — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 973.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1612.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2015-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc3b418c-29a9-44c0-91d6-208306ed8cf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).