republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1938.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: inclusion and universal design for learning."
description: "Existing law finds and declares that all individuals with exceptional needs have a right to participate in free appropriate public education and special educational instruction and services for these persons are needed in order to ensure the right to an appropriate educational opportunity to meet their unique needs. Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that education programs are provided under an approved local plan for special education, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1938"
citation: "California AB 1938 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education", "inclusion and universal design for learning"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23585a53-5cef-4fed-847c-b0c28bcf23ab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1938"
source_hash: "5d2c6af2b61143391a995c7f8f31a30bbf1f64cc63a849b82db7d76d97b44d57"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1938 (20232024) — Special education: inclusion and universal design for learning.

Existing law finds and declares that all individuals with exceptional needs have a right to participate in free appropriate public education and special educational instruction and services for these persons are needed in order to ensure the right to an appropriate educational opportunity to meet their unique needs. Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that education programs are provided under an approved local plan for special education, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1938&version=20230AB193899INT)
2. **04/29/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1938&version=20230AB193898AMD)
3. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1938&version=20230AB193897AMD)
4. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1938&version=20230AB193895CHP)
5. **AB1938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1938)
6. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1938&version=20230AB193896ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1938 Gallagher Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1938 Gallagher et al. By Ochoa Bogh — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1938 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallagher — primary (person)
- Ochoa Bogh — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee February 29.
- **2024-02-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** 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 38. 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 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 903, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23585a53-5cef-4fed-847c-b0c28bcf23ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).