republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1445.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governing boards: pupil members: expulsion hearing recommendations."
description: "Existing law requires school district governing boards, charter school governing bodies, and the governing bodies of entities managing multiple charter schools to appoint at least one high school pupil as a pupil member of the board or body, as applicable, in response to a petition from high school pupils requesting the appointment of one or more pupil members, as provided. Existing law gives each pupil member the right to attend every meeting of the governing board or body, except closed sessions, and to receive all materials received by regular members, except for materials that pertain to closed session items, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1445"
citation: "California SB 1445 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governing boards", "expulsion hearing recommendations", "pupil members"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c99efd25-84ff-4926-9b03-b60a7148043c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1445"
source_hash: "8518b9ab28083201b029c199b20b53ab690c51622a29fd34680da72d5a2fcf3a"
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 SB 1445 (20232024) — Governing boards: pupil members: expulsion hearing recommendations.

Existing law requires school district governing boards, charter school governing bodies, and the governing bodies of entities managing multiple charter schools to appoint at least one high school pupil as a pupil member of the board or body, as applicable, in response to a petition from high school pupils requesting the appointment of one or more pupil members, as provided. Existing law gives each pupil member the right to attend every meeting of the governing board or body, except closed sessions, and to receive all materials received by regular members, except for materials that pertain to closed session items, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1445&version=20230SB144599INT)
2. **03/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1445&version=20230SB144598AMD)
3. **04/18/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1445&version=20230SB144597AMD)
4. **09/20/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1445&version=20230SB144595CHP)
5. **SB1445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1445)
6. **08/21/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1445&version=20230SB144596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1445 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Bonta — **58–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortese — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3660.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 5. Page 4012.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 6371.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 327, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c99efd25-84ff-4926-9b03-b60a7148043c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).