---
type: "Bill"
title: "School safety plans."
description: "(1) Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that all public schools, in kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by school districts, in cooperation with specified entities and individuals, develop a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. Existing law provides that school districts and county offices of education are responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools, as provided. Existing law requires the schoolsite council of a school, except as provided for a small school district, to write and develop the comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1747"
citation: "California AB 1747 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School safety plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ed9c762-1b51-4e6c-b5cd-eb8cf11ba5de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747"
source_hash: "49e9086b0c4cbbef7d357e2a2f2b8cac8ccc507341fb83b85d584f8ee174a7d0"
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 1747 (20172018) — School safety plans.

(1) Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that all public schools, in kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, operated by school districts, in cooperation with specified entities and individuals, develop a comprehensive school safety plan, as provided. Existing law provides that school districts and county offices of education are responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools, as provided. Existing law requires the schoolsite council of a school, except as provided for a small school district, to write and develop the comprehensive school safety plan relevant to the needs and resources of that particular school.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747&version=20170AB174799INT)
2. **03/13/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747&version=20170AB174798AMD)
3. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747&version=20170AB174797AMD)
4. **06/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747&version=20170AB174796AMD)
5. **06/27/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747&version=20170AB174795AMD)
6. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747&version=20170AB174794AMD)
7. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747&version=20170AB174792CHP)
8. **AB1747** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747)
9. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1747&version=20170AB174793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Gipson — principal coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Steinorth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-03** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5386.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5654.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6644.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 806, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ed9c762-1b51-4e6c-b5cd-eb8cf11ba5de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).