---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: collection of debt."
description: "Existing law provides that a pupil enrolled in a public school is prohibited from being required to pay a pupil fee, as defined, for participation in an educational activity, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1974"
citation: "California AB 1974 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: collection of debt."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez Fletcher"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8729fd63-7e4f-40d6-8478-df2d66e6069a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974"
source_hash: "5c46874ebad8e0723da54cb4a91c0137e0f5dafa5b28d71632f747d0d46d5f00"
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 1974 (20172018) — Pupils: collection of debt.

Existing law provides that a pupil enrolled in a public school is prohibited from being required to pay a pupil fee, as defined, for participation in an educational activity, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974&version=20170AB197499INT)
2. **03/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974&version=20170AB197498AMD)
3. **04/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974&version=20170AB197497AMD)
4. **05/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974&version=20170AB197496AMD)
5. **06/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974&version=20170AB197495AMD)
6. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974&version=20170AB197494AMD)
7. **09/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974&version=20170AB197492CHP)
8. **AB1974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974)
9. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974&version=20170AB197493ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1974 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–21** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1974 Gonzalez Fletcher et al. By Hertzberg — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1974 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Assembly Third Reading — **56–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** 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`
- **2018-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (March 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-03** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 5397.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6. Page 5760.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 6848.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 577, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8729fd63-7e4f-40d6-8478-df2d66e6069a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).