AB 261 — Pupil records: privacy rights.
Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Assembly
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without written parental consent or judicial order, except as provided. This bill would make various changes to these pupil record provisions to conform them to federal law.
Bill Text
- Enrolled 08/20/09 - Enrolled Current pdf August 20, 2009
- Amended 07/14/09 - Amended Senate pdf July 14, 2009
- Amended 06/22/09 - Amended Senate pdf June 22, 2009
- Introduced 02/11/09 - Introduced pdf February 11, 2009
- AB261 View text html
Action History
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Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
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Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2601.)
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1765.)
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Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (July 7).
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In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17).
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Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 974.)
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Read second time. To third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 31).
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From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 18).
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Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Salas · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Salas
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 83 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 89 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (91)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Bonnie | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| V. | — | Yea |
| Manuel | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| John | — | Yea |
| A. | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Audra | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Not Voting |
| Gilmore | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Not Voting |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Yea |
| Bill | — | Yea |
| Tom | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Fletcher | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (41)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Hollingsworth | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Not Voting |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Not Voting |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Not Voting |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (5)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 80 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 87 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (92)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Bill | — | Yea |
| Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Tom | — | Yea |
| Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Gilmore | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Fletcher | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Bonnie | — | Yea |
| V. | — | Yea |
| Manuel | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| John | — | Yea |
| A. | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Audra | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Not Voting |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Not Voting |
| Hall | — | Not Voting |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Not Voting |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Lowenthal, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 91% | 0% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Not Voting |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 261 do?
- Existing law prohibits a school district from permitting access to pupil records to any person without written parental consent or judicial order, except as provided. This bill would make various changes to these pupil record provisions to conform them to federal law.
- Who sponsors AB 261?
- AB 261 is sponsored by Salas.
- What is the current status of AB 261?
- This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 261?
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