republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2368.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School security: security departments: school police departments."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to establish a security department under the supervision of a chief of security, or a police department under the supervision of a chief of police, and authorizes the governing board to employ personnel to enforce the law to ensure the safety of school district personnel and pupils and the security of the real and personal property of the school district. Existing law expresses the intention of the Legislature that a school district police or security department is supplementary to city and county law enforcement agencies and is not vested with general police powers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2368"
citation: "California AB 2368 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School security: security departments: school police departments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db10a233-645a-4e33-8c83-99b5d085b5ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2368"
source_hash: "01c0bb54030e9164f7f8e35558972827caf1e46852dac7a5e4bf87ad11af5168"
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 2368 (20112012) — School security: security departments: school police departments.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to establish a security department under the supervision of a chief of security, or a police department under the supervision of a chief of police, and authorizes the governing board to employ personnel to enforce the law to ensure the safety of school district personnel and pupils and the security of the real and personal property of the school district. Existing law expresses the intention of the Legislature that a school district police or security department is supplementary to city and county law enforcement agencies and is not vested with general police powers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2368&version=20110AB236899INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2368&version=20110AB236898AMD)
3. **04/24/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2368&version=20110AB236897AMD)
4. **06/13/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2368&version=20110AB236896AMD)
5. **07/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2368&version=20110AB236894CHP)
6. **AB2368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2368)
7. **07/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2368&version=20110AB236895ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2368 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2368 BLOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-15** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4600.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4181.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5554.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
- **2012-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 146, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db10a233-645a-4e33-8c83-99b5d085b5ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).