California Senate Bill 848

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on October 7 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 460, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

An act to amend Sections 32280, 32281, 32282, 44010, 44242.5, 44830.1, 44939.5, and 51950 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 44691 of, to add Sections 44051 and 44052 to, and to add Article 10 (commencing with Section 32100) to Chapter 1 of Part 19 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, the Education Code, and to amend Section 11165.7 of the Penal Code, relating to pupil safety.

Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention.

Sen. Sasha Renee Perez [D]	Asm. Al Muratsuchi [D]	Asm. Dawn Addis [D]	Asm. Juan Alanis [R]
Asm. Josh Hoover [R]	Asm. Tom Lackey [R]	Asm. Josh Lowenthal [D]

2025-09-13 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB848 Pérez et al. Concurrence (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-09-12 - Assembly - SB 848 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Wicks (Y: 71 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-09-12 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB848 Pérez et al. Concurrence (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-08-29 - Assembly - Do pass as amended (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-07-15 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-07-02 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-06-02 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB848 Pérez (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-05-23 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-05-19 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-04-29 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-23 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-10-07		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 460, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-07		Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-23		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-13	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3029.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-12	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3408.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-05	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-05	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2025-09-05	Assembly	Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-03	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-20	Assembly	August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-16	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-16	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2025-07-07	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-07-03	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2).
2025-06-09	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S.
2025-06-03	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-02	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1377.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-27	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1215.) (May 23).
2025-05-20	Senate	Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-19	Senate	May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-09	Senate	Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-01	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-30	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 946.) (April 29).
2025-04-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 866.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-04-11	Senate	Set for hearing April 29 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
2025-04-04	Senate	Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-02	Senate	Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S.
2025-03-26	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-03-12	Senate	Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-24	Senate	Read first time.
2025-02-24	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-21	Senate	Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Education Code	32280	Amended Code	Citation Text
Education Code	32281	Amended Code	Citation Text
Education Code	32282	Amended Code	Citation Text
Education Code	44010	Amended Code	Citation Text
Education Code	44242.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
Education Code	44691	New Code	See Bill Text
Education Code	44830.1	Amended Code	Citation Text
Education Code	44939.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
Education Code	51950	Amended Code	Citation Text
Penal Code	11165.7	Amended Code	Citation Text

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