--- type: "Bill" title: "Pupil instruction: human trafficking: use of social media and mobile device applications." description: "Existing law, the California Healthy Youth Act, requires school districts to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified. Under the act, this instruction includes, among other things, information about human trafficking, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 1861" citation: "California AB 1861 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Pupil instruction: human trafficking: use of social media and mobile device applications."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"] version_count: 6 action_count: 22 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2018-01-10" last_action: "2018-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d61a17f7-ed05-48aa-a612-55944021db3c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1861" source_hash: "303df24622e1fa8a48f45a8aa3825b86c7cd5a450022c1a103951a0fec43c16a" 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 1861 (20172018) — Pupil instruction: human trafficking: use of social media and mobile device applications. Existing law, the California Healthy Youth Act, requires school districts to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified. Under the act, this instruction includes, among other things, information about human trafficking, as specified. ## 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=201720180AB1861&version=20170AB186199INT) 2. **03/13/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1861&version=20170AB186198AMD) 3. **08/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1861&version=20170AB186197AMD) 4. **09/27/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1861&version=20170AB186195CHP) 5. **AB1861** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1861) 6. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1861&version=20170AB186196ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB1861 Rodriguez By Mitchell — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1861 RODRIGUEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1861 RODRIGUEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Rodriguez — 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 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` - **2018-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5293.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6366.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2018-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 807, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d61a17f7-ed05-48aa-a612-55944021db3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).