---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the governing board or body of a local educational agency that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the policy to address any training to be provided to teachers of pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, on suicide awareness and prevention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1808"
citation: "California AB 1808 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a49df48a-3bd2-4f61-9fb3-1098f270913d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1808"
source_hash: "d650d12cb604c61fa1cd1f4bc9a747b56b0b2d4902c8d0d8d69b16ceb3e5f437"
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 1808 (20172018) — Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

(1) Existing law requires the governing board or body of a local educational agency that serves pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to, before the beginning of the 2017–18 school year, adopt a policy on pupil suicide prevention, as specified, that specifically addresses the needs of high-risk groups. Existing law requires the policy to address any training to be provided to teachers of pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, on suicide awareness and prevention.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1808&version=20170AB180899INT)
2. **06/12/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1808&version=20170AB180898AMD)
3. **06/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1808&version=20170AB180896CHP)
4. **AB1808** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1808)
5. **06/18/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1808&version=20170AB180897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **15–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1808 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1808 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **50–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1808 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — **32–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2018-01-29** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 18. Page 5026.)
- **2018-05-07** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-05-07** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 22. Page 5098.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 4723.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-06-18** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 5852.)
- **2018-06-18** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 5852.)
- **2018-06-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5853.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2018-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a49df48a-3bd2-4f61-9fb3-1098f270913d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).