---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: media literacy: resources."
description: "Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 830"
citation: "California SB 830 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: media literacy: resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae16f77c-1d7e-4f0e-82bd-877885032df0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830"
source_hash: "5a4a503ec0524353bcca264b82c5035a807cf2c9daf7d9efc173ffbc23c22562"
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 SB 830 (20172018) — Pupil instruction: media literacy: resources.

Existing law requires the adopted course of study for grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including social sciences.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830&version=20170SB83099INT)
2. **03/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830&version=20170SB83098AMD)
3. **05/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830&version=20170SB83097AMD)
4. **08/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830&version=20170SB83096AMD)
5. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830&version=20170SB83094CHP)
6. **SB830** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830&version=20170SB83095ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB830 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **28–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 830 Dodd Senate Third Reading By MULLIN — **72–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB830 Dodd et al. — **25–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — principal coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Set for hearing March 14.
- **2018-03-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 4375.) (March 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-04-09** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2018-04-16** April 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4298.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 4397.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 6602.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 5872.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 448, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae16f77c-1d7e-4f0e-82bd-877885032df0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).