republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-483.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil rights: prone restraint."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person employed by or engaged in a public school from inflicting, or causing to be inflicted, corporal punishment upon a pupil. Existing law prohibits the use of certain restraint and seclusion techniques. Existing law authorizes staff trained in prone containment to use the procedure on a pupil who is an individual with exceptional needs in a public school program as an emergency intervention. If prone restraint techniques are used, existing law requires a staff member to observe the pupil for any signs of distress throughout the use of prone restraint."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 483"
citation: "California SB 483 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil rights", "prone restraint"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daec55dc-d9a1-4a51-a042-475fcd984521"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483"
source_hash: "ea096bada5eca2f063fe94a1cabd5045d1ac704aed93a306a483386ab6d03062"
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 483 (20232024) — Pupil rights: prone restraint.

Existing law prohibits a person employed by or engaged in a public school from inflicting, or causing to be inflicted, corporal punishment upon a pupil. Existing law prohibits the use of certain restraint and seclusion techniques. Existing law authorizes staff trained in prone containment to use the procedure on a pupil who is an individual with exceptional needs in a public school program as an emergency intervention. If prone restraint techniques are used, existing law requires a staff member to observe the pupil for any signs of distress throughout the use of prone restraint.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483&version=20230SB48399INT)
2. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483&version=20230SB48398AMD)
3. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483&version=20230SB48396CHP)
4. **SB483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483)
5. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB483&version=20230SB48397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 483 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB483 Cortese et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cortese — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-12-21** Set for hearing January 10.
- **2024-01-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2969.) (January 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Set for hearing January 16.
- **2024-01-16** January 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-01-17** Set for hearing January 18.
- **2024-01-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3011.) (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-01-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3050.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-01-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-04-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (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 and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6650.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5586.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 857, 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/daec55dc-d9a1-4a51-a042-475fcd984521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).