---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private postsecondary education: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: short-term career training."
description: "Private postsecondary education: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: short-term career training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1898"
citation: "California AB 1898 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private postsecondary education: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: short-term career training."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-11"
last_action: "2000-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f433a902-98e5-4308-8622-aa7d844dfe79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1898"
source_hash: "e3688d9b4a9d353e601ba1cd60555af0e22bac504050619c8f8780519a10c598"
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 1898 (19992000) — Private postsecondary education: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: short-term career training.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1898&version=19990AB189899INT)
2. **03/20/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1898&version=19990AB189898AMD)
3. **04/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1898&version=19990AB189897AMD)
4. **07/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1898&version=19990AB189896AMD)
5. **09/01/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1898&version=19990AB189894CHP)
6. **AB1898** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1898)
7. **08/22/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1898&version=19990AB189895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1898 Wright — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Consumer Pro., Govt. Efficiency, Econ. Development — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 273, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8087.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6787.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 24). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6506.)
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-03-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2000-02-11** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/f433a902-98e5-4308-8622-aa7d844dfe79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).