---
type: "Bill"
title: "Distance learning: the California Distance Learning Policy."
description: "Distance learning: the California Distance Learning Policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1123"
citation: "California AB 1123 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Distance learning: the California Distance Learning Policy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardoza"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a5346d1-7f6e-4bc1-a962-8d2dee47c89c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1123"
source_hash: "4a5c8f51835a6f7ee0b10b9141f67210815e53c1f8afccf72e72d9b009446e6d"
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 1123 (19992000) — Distance learning: the California Distance Learning Policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1123&version=19990AB112399INT)
2. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1123&version=19990AB112398AMD)
3. **06/12/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1123&version=19990AB112397AMD)
4. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1123&version=19990AB112396AMD)
5. **09/18/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1123&version=19990AB112394CHP)
6. **AB1123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1123)
7. **08/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1123&version=19990AB112395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1123 CARDOZA SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1123 Cardoza — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 467, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2000-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 8229.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5874.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4966.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Coms. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. and INFO. TECH. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a5346d1-7f6e-4bc1-a962-8d2dee47c89c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).