Existing law requires the Division of Boating and Waterways, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and other appropriate entities involved with water safety, to develop an aquatic safety program to be made available for use at an appropriate grade level in public elementary schools at no expense to the schools. Existing law requires the division to notify schools and school districts of the availability of the aquatic safety program once it is developed.
California AB 1445 (20232024) — The Neng Thao Drowning Prevention Safety Act.
Existing law requires the Division of Boating and Waterways, in cooperation with the State Department of Education and other appropriate entities involved with water safety, to develop an aquatic safety program to be made available for use at an appropriate grade level in public elementary schools at no expense to the schools. Existing law requires the division to notify schools and school districts of the availability of the aquatic safety program once it is developed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-17 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-1, reading-2
2023-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-05-04 Withdrawn from committee.
2023-05-04 Ordered to second reading.
2023-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1689.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-06-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-06-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2238.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2023-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2926.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 370, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59ca11ab-9de4-4051-84e7-aedc5cbcbce5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).