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Bill	State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention.	Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to install screening on state freeway overpasses to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 440	California AB 440 (20252026)	bill	Statebridgesandoverpasses suicideprevention	enacted	Ramos	7	30	8	2025-02-06	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/29e65187-dabc-49e2-8eae-612e2b137d61	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB440	c87bd43fc36b6f28eac63891c9ca714613265e613ec5b85f9ec0921c72d45488	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 440 (20252026) — State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to install screening on state freeway overpasses to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/05/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/03/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB440 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 440 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB440 Ramos et al. By Rubio — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 440 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ramos — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1828.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2025-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-03 From special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2622.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3106.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/29e65187-dabc-49e2-8eae-612e2b137d61. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).