---
type: "Bill"
title: "School districts: class size reduction."
description: "School districts: class size reduction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1608"
citation: "California AB 1608 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School districts: class size reduction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f4c91e4-4d90-45fd-b2fe-86c19c58c701"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608"
source_hash: "1b8613704a00452952243c1141a050934a9141d1697a1f54ae0807c1ccd0799d"
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 1608 (19992000) — School districts: class size reduction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608&version=19990AB160899INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608&version=19990AB160898AMD)
3. **05/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608&version=19990AB160897AMD)
4. **06/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608&version=19990AB160896AMD)
5. **08/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608&version=19990AB160895AMD)
6. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608&version=19990AB160893CHP)
7. **AB1608** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608)
8. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608&version=19990AB160894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1608 STROM-MARTIN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1608 STROM-MARTIN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1608 Strom-Martin By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 743, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 8739.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 6250.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-21** 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`
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-06-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-05-30** 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`
- **2000-01-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 4919.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (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 17. Noes 1.) (January 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f4c91e4-4d90-45fd-b2fe-86c19c58c701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).