now julie watts is giving us a glimpse into how things really work inside the state capitol. >> reporter: the state capitol doesn't generally work the way most people think it does and these bills prompted by our reporting provide a pretty good example of that. this was the fourth time c.b., an 11-year-old with special needs, was handcuffed at school, this time for refusing to get up and walk to the principal's office, one of 10,000 times in a single year that law enforcement was called to a california k through 8 campus, including for things like tardy mediation, inappropriate behavior, and disrupting school activities, which is technically a misdemeanor. >> we're using valuable resources having cops come to campuses thousands of times a year for very minor incidents. >> reporter: so assemblyman kalra introduced a bill intended to reduce calls to campus. many people don't realize one person has the power to quietly kill any bill before anyone gets a chance to vote. >> they will not be heard today. >> reporter: last year the assembly education chair simply chose not to schedule this bill