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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1974	California AB 1974 (20172018)	bill	Pupils: collection of debt.	enacted	Gonzalez Fletcher	9	28	8	2018-01-31	2018-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/8729fd63-7e4f-40d6-8478-df2d66e6069a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1974	5c46874ebad8e0723da54cb4a91c0137e0f5dafa5b28d71632f747d0d46d5f00	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 03/12/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/03/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/02/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/20/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1974 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/8729fd63-7e4f-40d6-8478-df2d66e6069a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).