---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government."
description: "(1) Existing law provides for the Sixth District Agricultural Association (District 6) , which is known and designated as the California Science Center, with specified powers and duties with respect to the management, functions, and operations of various property within Exposition Park."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1817"
citation: "California AB 1817 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["State government."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/627c868b-bbd6-4f3a-b7dd-7fa55d107425"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1817"
source_hash: "771766d3a8239f091dbd05d85fdf26dcc73b30e087a5462c34506029866804b3"
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 1817 (20172018) — State government.

(1) Existing law provides for the Sixth District Agricultural Association (District 6) , which is known and designated as the California Science Center, with specified powers and duties with respect to the management, functions, and operations of various property within Exposition Park.

## 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=201720180AB1817&version=20170AB181799INT)
2. **06/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1817&version=20170AB181798AMD)
3. **06/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1817&version=20170AB181796CHP)
4. **AB1817** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1817)
5. **06/14/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1817&version=20170AB181797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1817 BUDGET (Ting) By Mitchell — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 1817 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **50–22** (pass) · lower
- AB 1817 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **13–4** (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 5102.) `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`
- **2018-06-11** 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** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4676.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-06-14** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2018-06-14** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2018-06-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 5813.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2018-06-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 37, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/627c868b-bbd6-4f3a-b7dd-7fa55d107425`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).