---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civilian youth opportunities program."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Adjutant General to conduct a civilian youth opportunities program, known as the \"National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program,\" consisting of a residential program and post-residential mentoring to serve at-risk teens in areas of the state, including, but not limited to, the San Joaquin Valley and northern California, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 228"
citation: "California SB 228 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civilian youth opportunities program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c78c1de-3ebd-4f6b-ab2e-ddbeff728338"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB228"
source_hash: "73ad3e2940d9e98e2861aeaba8d812db2e2863076f586e13ad27a282b6065561"
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 228 (20232024) — Civilian youth opportunities program.

Existing law authorizes the Adjutant General to conduct a civilian youth opportunities program, known as the "National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program," consisting of a residential program and post-residential mentoring to serve at-risk teens in areas of the state, including, but not limited to, the San Joaquin Valley and northern California, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB228&version=20230SB22899INT)
2. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB228&version=20230SB22897CHP)
3. **SB228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB228)
4. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB228&version=20230SB22898ENR)

## Votes

- SB 228 Roth Senate Third Reading By Schiavo — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 855.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2023-05-08** May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1161.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1296.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2992.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 703, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c78c1de-3ebd-4f6b-ab2e-ddbeff728338`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).