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Bill	Transportation budget trailer bill.	(1) Existing law authorizes a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Ebony Alert, with respect to Black youth who are reported missing, as specified. Existing law requires, as a condition for requesting an Ebony Alert, that the agency determine that the alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of missing Black youth, and lists factors that the agency may consider in making that determination. If the department concurs with the agency's determination, existing law authorizes the department to activate an Ebony Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency and to assist the agency by disseminating specified alert messages and signs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 173	California AB 173 (20232024)	bill appropriation	Transportation budget trailer bill	enacted	Committee on Budget	6	25	4	2023-01-09	2024-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a417d0e0-890d-4b7e-9ab3-a6d877285d3c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB173	92570bda7b2774ae6112dc7cdba1d4578dd2e80e023cad8d023333c67329cd50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 173 (20232024) — Transportation budget trailer bill.

(1) Existing law authorizes a law enforcement agency to request the Department of the California Highway Patrol to activate an Ebony Alert, with respect to Black youth who are reported missing, as specified. Existing law requires, as a condition for requesting an Ebony Alert, that the agency determine that the alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of missing Black youth, and lists factors that the agency may consider in making that determination. If the department concurs with the agency's determination, existing law authorizes the department to activate an Ebony Alert within the appropriate geographical area requested by the investigating law enforcement agency and to assist the agency by disseminating specified alert messages and signs.

Version chain

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

1. 01/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/01/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/22/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/02/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB173 (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/27/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 173 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — 60–14 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB173 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Wiener — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 13–5 (pass) · upper
• AB 173 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL — 60–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Budget — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-10 From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
• 2023-01-26 Referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2023-02-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-02-02 Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
• 2023-03-20 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2023-03-20 Ordered to second reading.
• 2023-03-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-03-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 865.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-03-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-04-12 Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4772.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-06-26 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-06-26 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
• 2024-06-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2024-07-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-07-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 53, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a417d0e0-890d-4b7e-9ab3-a6d877285d3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).