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type: "Bill"
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title: "Truancy."
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description: "Existing law, the Compulsory Education Law, generally makes persons between the ages of 6 and 18 years of age subject to compulsory full-time education, unless exempted."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 461"
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citation: "California AB 461 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Truancy"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ahrens"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-02-06"
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last_action: "2025-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b3860ed-641b-4948-8db7-bd0ac76d6bf6"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB461"
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source_hash: "10694d7364e7bdf40263b546757942e2c3adfc9da63426ca6856872f5005a6b9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 461 (20252026) — Truancy.
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Existing law, the Compulsory Education Law, generally makes persons between the ages of 6 and 18 years of age subject to compulsory full-time education, unless exempted.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/06/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB461&version=20250AB46199INT)
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2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB461&version=20250AB46198AMD)
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3. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB461&version=20250AB46197AMD)
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4. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB461&version=20250AB46196AMD)
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5. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB461&version=20250AB46194CHP)
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6. **AB461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB461)
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7. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB461&version=20250AB46195ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 461 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading — **60–9** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB461 Ahrens et al. By Pérez — **29–9** (pass) · upper
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- AB 461 Ahrens Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–14** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–2** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ahrens — primary (person)
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- Calderon — coauthor (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Pérez — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
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- **2025-03-24** Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 1831.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2705.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 3234.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 154, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b3860ed-641b-4948-8db7-bd0ac76d6bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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