republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1518.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military: National Guard: youth challenge program."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Adjutant General of the California Military Department to establish a military academy to be operated as a charter school or existing alternative education option available under the Education Code, to provide a structured, disciplined environment that is conducive to learning and developing academic skills, leadership, self-esteem, and a strong sense of community. Existing law provides that a new California National Guard Youth Program, except for the California Cadet Corps, may be established as provided by this section only if funds are appropriated for purposes of the new program in the annual Budget Act or any other act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1518"
citation: "California AB 1518 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military: National Guard: youth challenge program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-01-16"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4e605c9-0772-4009-9a78-e86d08c11466"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1518"
source_hash: "daa3c2963f7b03e86ff89e681edf43e00fdbcaf0c2471232879a0b1bc18737bf"
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 1518 (20132014) — Military: National Guard: youth challenge program.

Existing law authorizes the Adjutant General of the California Military Department to establish a military academy to be operated as a charter school or existing alternative education option available under the Education Code, to provide a structured, disciplined environment that is conducive to learning and developing academic skills, leadership, self-esteem, and a strong sense of community. Existing law provides that a new California National Guard Youth Program, except for the California Cadet Corps, may be established as provided by this section only if funds are appropriated for purposes of the new program in the annual Budget Act or any other act.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/16/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1518&version=20130AB151899INT)
2. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1518&version=20130AB151898AMD)
3. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1518&version=20130AB151896CHP)
4. **AB1518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1518)
5. **08/25/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1518&version=20130AB151897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1518 EGGMAN Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Veterans Affairs Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1518 Eggman By Galgiani — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)
- Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
- Olsen — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-01-17** From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5343.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Coms. on ED., V.A. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** From consent calendar.
- **2014-06-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4724.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 648, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4e605c9-0772-4009-9a78-e86d08c11466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).