republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1453.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schoolbuses: adult volunteer transportation."
description: "Existing law provides for the provision of transportation services by school districts, including by schoolbus, as defined, and requires the State Board of Education to adopt reasonable regulations relating to the use of schoolbuses by school districts and others. Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to adopt regulations regarding the safe operation of schoolbuses, as prescribed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1453"
citation: "California AB 1453 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schoolbuses: adult volunteer transportation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cddee03d-b79e-4a68-a15e-3b31c8eb1df7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1453"
source_hash: "38e75260f31062f87955581f580b201d8b51b4e402c94fa95e11a127f83d557b"
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 1453 (20172018) — Schoolbuses: adult volunteer transportation.

Existing law provides for the provision of transportation services by school districts, including by schoolbus, as defined, and requires the State Board of Education to adopt reasonable regulations relating to the use of schoolbuses by school districts and others. Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to adopt regulations regarding the safe operation of schoolbuses, as prescribed.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1453&version=20170AB145399INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1453&version=20170AB145398AMD)
3. **05/01/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1453&version=20170AB145397AMD)
4. **08/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1453&version=20170AB145395CHP)
5. **AB1453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1453)
6. **07/21/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1453&version=20170AB145396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1453 Eduardo Garcia By Stone — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1453 GARCIA, E. Consent Calendar Second Day — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** 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`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1619.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2121.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2017-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 173, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cddee03d-b79e-4a68-a15e-3b31c8eb1df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).