republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1445.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Neng Thao Drowning Prevention Safety Act."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1445"
citation: "California AB 1445 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The Neng Thao Drowning Prevention Safety Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arambula"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59ca11ab-9de4-4051-84e7-aedc5cbcbce5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1445"
source_hash: "a46777e8cf750e6455cd24916eb4a0e2d3395b919288383be8d6142c782e2c31"
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 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.

1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1445&version=20230AB144599INT)
2. **04/17/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1445&version=20230AB144598AMD)
3. **05/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1445&version=20230AB144597AMD)
4. **06/15/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1445&version=20230AB144596AMD)
5. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1445&version=20230AB144594CHP)
6. **AB1445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1445)
7. **09/06/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1445&version=20230AB144595ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1445 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1445 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1445 Arambula By Newman — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arambula — primary (person)

## Timeline

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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59ca11ab-9de4-4051-84e7-aedc5cbcbce5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).