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type: "Bill"
title: "Foster youth: suspension and expulsion."
description: "(1) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools. Existing law requires a petition for the establishment of a charter school to contain comprehensive descriptions of various matters and procedures, including procedures by which pupils can be suspended or expelled from the charter school for disciplinary reasons or otherwise involuntarily removed for any reason. Existing law requires these procedures to contain a clear statement that no pupil shall be involuntarily removed by the charter school for any reason unless the parent or guardian of the pupil has been provided written notice of the intent to remove the pupil no less than 5 schooldays before the effective date of the action. Existing law requires the written notice to inform the pupil, the pupil's parent or guardian, or the pupil's educational rights holder of the right to initiate a hearing adjudicated by a neutral officer before the pupil may be involuntarily removed by the charter school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 740"
citation: "California AB 740 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Foster youth: suspension and expulsion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bea50a7-6697-4db7-9159-1a07ee39f92f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740"
source_hash: "a3d2a7090f472b80386c3e799ac9684dcd8be3b4a5e4782ac9d883c88fe2a2f8"
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 740 (20212022) — Foster youth: suspension and expulsion.
(1) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 provides for the establishment and operation of charter schools. Existing law requires a petition for the establishment of a charter school to contain comprehensive descriptions of various matters and procedures, including procedures by which pupils can be suspended or expelled from the charter school for disciplinary reasons or otherwise involuntarily removed for any reason. Existing law requires these procedures to contain a clear statement that no pupil shall be involuntarily removed by the charter school for any reason unless the parent or guardian of the pupil has been provided written notice of the intent to remove the pupil no less than 5 schooldays before the effective date of the action. Existing law requires the written notice to inform the pupil, the pupil's parent or guardian, or the pupil's educational rights holder of the right to initiate a hearing adjudicated by a neutral officer before the pupil may be involuntarily removed by the charter school.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740&version=20210AB74099INT)
2. **01/13/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740&version=20210AB74097AMD)
3. **04/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740&version=20210AB74098AMD)
4. **05/17/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740&version=20210AB74096AMD)
5. **08/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740&version=20210AB74095AMD)
6. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740&version=20210AB74094AMD)
7. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740&version=20210AB74092CHP)
8. **AB740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740)
9. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB740&version=20210AB74093ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB740 McCarty et al. By Pan — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · upper
- AB 740 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **650** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- AB 740 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **60** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McCarty — primary (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (January 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-24** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 16. Page 3365.)
- **2022-01-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 3371.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Coms. on ED., JUD. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** From special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5213.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 400, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bea50a7-6697-4db7-9159-1a07ee39f92f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).