Anthony Portantino
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 25
Author
Existing law requires school districts and county offices of education to be responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of their schools operating a kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law requires a comprehensive school safety plan to include, among other things, the development of procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents, including procedures related to individuals with guns on school campuses. Existing law prohibits school employees from conducting a body cavity search or visual inspection under the clothing of a pupil, as provided. Under existing law, pupil and pupil property searches at a schoolsite by school officials are generally justified at their inception if reasonable grounds suggest a search will lead to relevant evidence. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2023, the State Department of Education, in consultation with relevant local educational agencies, civil rights groups, and the Department of Justice, to develop model content that includes, at a minimum, content that informs parents or guardians of California's child access prevention laws and laws relating to the safe storage of firearms. The bill would require, commencing with the 2023–24 school year, local educational agencies maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to, informed by the model content, include information related to the safe storage of firearms in an annual notification provided to the parents or guardians of pupils. The bill would require a school official whose duties involve regular contact with pupils in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, as part of a middle school or high school, and who is alerted to or observes any threat or perceived threat to immediately report the threat or perceived threat to law enforcement, as provided. The bill would require, with the support of the local educational agency, the local law enforcement agency or schoolsite police, as applicable, to immediately conduct an investigation and threat assessment, as specified. The bill would require the investigation and threat assessment to include a review of the firearm registry of the Department of Justice and, if justified by a reasonable suspicion that it would produce evidence related to the threat or perceived threat, a schoolsite search. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Under the bill, a local educational agency serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and a school of a local educational agency, is immune from civil liability for any damages allegedly caused by, arising out of, or relating to these provisions. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 144, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4577.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5677.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 14).
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 6. Page 3865.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3774.) (May 19).
Set for hearing May 19.
May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 9.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 3518.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3457.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Set for hearing April 26 in PUB. S. pending receipt.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
Set for hearing April 20.
March 30 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 2. Page 3271.) Reconsideration granted.
Set for hearing March 30.
March 23 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing March 23.
(Ayes 31. Noes 6.)
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2880.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB906 | HTML |
| 02/02/22 - Introduced | |
| 04/07/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/16/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/23/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/05/22 - Enrolled | |
| 07/21/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/28/22- Senate Education | |
| 04/18/22- Senate Education | |
| 04/22/22- Senate Public Safety | |
| 05/06/22- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/21/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/13/22- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 06/20/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/28/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/30/22- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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