CA AB 461
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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 461 pass?
Yes. CA AB 461 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 154, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 461 about?
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. Existing law makes a parent or guardian of a pupil of 6 years of age or more who is in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and subject to compulsory full-time or continuing education, whose child is a chronic truant, as defined, who has failed to reasonably supervise and encourage the pupil's school attendance, and who has been offered support services to address the pupil's truancy, guilty of a misdemeanor that is punishable by a fine of up to $2,000, or imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, or both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would repeal that criminal offense.
Who sponsors CA AB 461?
Ahrens is the primary sponsor of CA AB 461, joined by 3 cosponsors.
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. Existing law makes a parent or guardian of a pupil of 6 years of age or more who is in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and subject to compulsory full-time or continuing education, whose child is a chronic truant, as defined, who has failed to reasonably supervise and encourage the pupil's school attendance, and who has been offered support services to address the pupil's truancy, guilty of a misdemeanor that is punishable by a fine of up to $2,000, or imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year, or both that fine and imprisonment. This bill would repeal that criminal offense.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-24
- Latest action
- 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 154, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ahrensauthor
- Calderoncoauthor
- Leecoauthor
- Pérezcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 154, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-10
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 3234.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-09
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2705.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
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
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
2025-06-11
Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 1831.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-21
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-21
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
2025-05-14
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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
2025-04-09
Coauthors revised.
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
2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S.
referral-committee
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-24
Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-02-07
From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2025-02-06
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2025-04-08 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Calderon: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Lee: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Castillo: no
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Mark González: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lackey: other
- Alanis: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
AB 461 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 60-9
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Soria: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gallagher: no
- Wallis: no
- Tangipa: no
- Davies: no
- Patterson: no
- Alanis: no
- Hadwick: no
- Dixon: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hoover: other
- Chen: other
- Lackey: other
- Ta: other
- Macedo: other
- Ellis: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Bains: other
- Castillo: other
- Sanchez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]
2025-06-30 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Pérez: yes
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Limón: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Pérez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading AB461 Ahrens et al. By Pérez
2025-09-09 · pass · 29-9
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Limón: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Niello: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Grove: no
- Jones: no
- Seyarto: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Cabaldon: other
- Valladares: other
AB 461 Ahrens Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 60-14
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hoover: other
- Tangipa: other
- Lackey: other
- Chen: other
- Bains: other
- Ta: other
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