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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention."
+description: "Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to install screening on state freeway overpasses to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath, as provided."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "AB 440"
+citation: "California AB 440 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Statebridgesandoverpasses", "suicideprevention"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 30
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-02-06"
+last_action: "2025-10-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29e65187-dabc-49e2-8eae-612e2b137d61"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440"
+source_hash: "c87bd43fc36b6f28eac63891c9ca714613265e613ec5b85f9ec0921c72d45488"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 440 (20252026) — State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention.
+
+Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to install screening on state freeway overpasses to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath, as provided.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/06/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44099INT)
+2. **03/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44098AMD)
+3. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44097AMD)
+4. **09/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44096AMD)
+5. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44094CHP)
+6. **AB440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440)
+7. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44095ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 440 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB440 Ramos et al. By Rubio — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 440 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ramos — primary (person)
+- Alanis — coauthor (person)
+- Rubio — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
+- **2025-02-18** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1828.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-14** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2025-09-03** From special consent calendar.
+- **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2622.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
+- **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3106.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29e65187-dabc-49e2-8eae-612e2b137d61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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