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CA AB 440

enacted

State bridges and overpasses: suicide prevention.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 440 pass?

Yes. CA AB 440 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 440 about?

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. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2028, the department to identify best practices for the implementation of suicide countermeasures designed to deter suicide attempts on bridges and overpasses, as provided.

Who sponsors CA AB 440?

Ramos is the primary sponsor of CA AB 440, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

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. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2028, the department to identify best practices for the implementation of suicide countermeasures designed to deter suicide attempts on bridges and overpasses, as provided.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ramosauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-06

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-07

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.

  3. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-05

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

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  5. 2025-03-06

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  6. 2025-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  7. 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).

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  8. 2025-04-10

    Read second time and amended.

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  9. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-04-23

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1828.)

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  14. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  16. 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.

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  17. 2025-07-14

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  18. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  20. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  21. 2025-09-03

    Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2025-09-03

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  23. 2025-09-03

    From special consent calendar.

  24. 2025-09-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-09-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2622.).

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  26. 2025-09-08

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  27. 2025-09-09

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3106.).

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  28. 2025-09-16

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  29. 2025-10-03

    Approved by the Governor.

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  30. 2025-10-03

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/06/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-06Compare
  • 03/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-05Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 09/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-03Compare
  • 09/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-11Compare
  • 10/03/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-03Compare
  • AB440Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-08 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bonta: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 440 Ramos Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-25 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Grove: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-07-14 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB440 Ramos et al. By Rubio

    2025-09-08 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Stern: other

  • AB 440 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-09 · pass · 80-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes

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