Comprehensive school safety plans: active shooters: armed assailants: drills.
(1) Under existing law, each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in cooperation with certain local entities. Existing law requires that the plan include identification of appropriate strategies and programs that will provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the school's procedures for complying with existing laws related to school safety. Existing law requires the comprehensive school safety plan to include the development of procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents, including procedures related to individuals with guns on school campuses and at school-related functions.
California AB 1858 (20232024) — Comprehensive school safety plans: active shooters: armed assailants: drills.
(1) Under existing law, each school district and county office of education is responsible for the overall development of a comprehensive school safety plan for each of its schools operating kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in cooperation with certain local entities. Existing law requires that the plan include identification of appropriate strategies and programs that will provide or maintain a high level of school safety and address the school's procedures for complying with existing laws related to school safety. Existing law requires the comprehensive school safety plan to include the development of procedures for conducting tactical responses to criminal incidents, including procedures related to individuals with guns on school campuses and at school-related functions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1858 Ward Assembly Third Reading — 61–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1858 Ward et al. By Wilk — 40–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1858 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Ward — primary (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-01-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-01-19 From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
2024-03-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2024-03-12 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-1, reading-2
2024-03-13 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2024-04-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-04-15 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 5396.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2024-06-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-08-05 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2024-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b72395a-364a-453c-817d-2647d21eb9bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).