republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1466.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil discipline: restraint and seclusion: reporting."
description: "Existing law authorizes an educational provider, as defined, to use behavioral restraints, which include physical and mechanical restraints, or seclusion, as defined, only if specified conditions are met. Existing law prohibits an educational provider from using a behavioral restraint or seclusion in certain circumstances. Existing law requires a local educational agency that meets a specified federal definition to collect and, by no later than 3 months after the end of a school year, report to the State Department of Education annually on the use of behavioral restraints and seclusion for pupils enrolled in, or served by, the local educational agency for all or part of the prior school year, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1466"
citation: "California AB 1466 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil discipline", "reporting", "restraint and seclusion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b939d94-eeeb-470a-8caf-789ae04d8ad8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1466"
source_hash: "6e16424af33d5960a832269ee4130d5fa7efdbeada6c11edbaa87ecb1287fb98"
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 1466 (20232024) — Pupil discipline: restraint and seclusion: reporting.

Existing law authorizes an educational provider, as defined, to use behavioral restraints, which include physical and mechanical restraints, or seclusion, as defined, only if specified conditions are met. Existing law prohibits an educational provider from using a behavioral restraint or seclusion in certain circumstances. Existing law requires a local educational agency that meets a specified federal definition to collect and, by no later than 3 months after the end of a school year, report to the State Department of Education annually on the use of behavioral restraints and seclusion for pupils enrolled in, or served by, the local educational agency for all or part of the prior school year, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1466&version=20230AB146699INT)
2. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1466&version=20230AB146697CHP)
3. **AB1466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1466)
4. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1466&version=20230AB146698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1466 Weber Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1782.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2689.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 582, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b939d94-eeeb-470a-8caf-789ae04d8ad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).