---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military: National Guard: youth challenge program: counselors."
description: "Existing law requires the Adjutant General of the Military Department to conduct a civilian youth opportunities program consisting of at least a 22-week residential program and a 12-month postresidential mentoring period, known as the \"National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program.\" Existing law requires that the program serve at-risk teens in specified areas of the state. Existing law allows the Adjutant General to appoint a director and other service members and employees to operate the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2870"
citation: "California AB 2870 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military: National Guard: youth challenge program: counselors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c6cded9-3b59-41b7-a9e4-e9bfca172409"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2870"
source_hash: "2f8ad3da1008091f379e1e62acfefc0793b30bc4c933af0f4093bf34e6bb5047"
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 2870 (20172018) — Military: National Guard: youth challenge program: counselors.

Existing law requires the Adjutant General of the Military Department to conduct a civilian youth opportunities program consisting of at least a 22-week residential program and a 12-month postresidential mentoring period, known as the "National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program." Existing law requires that the program serve at-risk teens in specified areas of the state. Existing law allows the Adjutant General to appoint a director and other service members and employees to operate the program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2870&version=20170AB287099INT)
2. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2870&version=20170AB287097CHP)
3. **AB2870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2870)
4. **06/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2870&version=20170AB287098ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2870 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2870 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **69–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 4528.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4878.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c6cded9-3b59-41b7-a9e4-e9bfca172409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).