---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public education governance: service on boards and commissions."
description: "(1) Existing law specifies the civil executive officers of the state. Existing law provides that a person is incapable of holding a civil office if, at the time of his or her election or appointment, he or she is not 18 years of age and a citizen of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1887"
citation: "California AB 1887 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public education governance: service on boards and commissions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/581ecd67-0950-4925-804b-d5f0e3d1671c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1887"
source_hash: "4099acb2eb6654431a2d27540da74489ad643c822a352faa6d6e25fc5653f675"
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 1887 (20172018) — Public education governance: service on boards and commissions.

(1) Existing law specifies the civil executive officers of the state. Existing law provides that a person is incapable of holding a civil office if, at the time of his or her election or appointment, he or she is not 18 years of age and a citizen of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1887&version=20170AB188799INT)
2. **03/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1887&version=20170AB188798AMD)
3. **05/23/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1887&version=20170AB188797AMD)
4. **08/24/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1887&version=20170AB188795CHP)
5. **AB1887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1887)
6. **08/10/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1887&version=20170AB188796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1887 Medina et al. By Lara Urgency Clause — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1887 MEDINA Assembly Third Reading — **69–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1887 MEDINA Concurrence - Urgency Added — **69–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2018-02-05** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 2. Page 4936.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23** 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`
- **2018-06-06** 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`
- **2018-08-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 5160.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-09** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 6209.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-08-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 182, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/581ecd67-0950-4925-804b-d5f0e3d1671c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).