--- type: "Bill" title: "State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention." description: "Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to install screening on state freeway overpasses to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath, as provided." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "AB 440" citation: "California AB 440 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Statebridgesandoverpasses", "suicideprevention"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2025-02-06" last_action: "2025-10-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29e65187-dabc-49e2-8eae-612e2b137d61" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440" source_hash: "c87bd43fc36b6f28eac63891c9ca714613265e613ec5b85f9ec0921c72d45488" 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 440 (20252026) — State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to install screening on state freeway overpasses to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath, as provided. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/06/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44099INT) 2. **03/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44098AMD) 3. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44097AMD) 4. **09/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44096AMD) 5. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44094CHP) 6. **AB440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440) 7. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440&version=20250AB44095ENR) ## Votes - AB 440 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB440 Ramos et al. By Rubio — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - AB 440 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Ramos — primary (person) - Alanis — coauthor (person) - Rubio — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2025-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9. - **2025-02-18** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-03-06** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1828.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-14** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-02** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2025-09-03** From special consent calendar. - **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2622.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3106.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29e65187-dabc-49e2-8eae-612e2b137d61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).