---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: deferred enrollment at University of California and California State University."
description: "Public postsecondary education: deferred enrollment at University of California and California State University."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1958"
citation: "California AB 1958 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: deferred enrollment at University of California and California State University."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f3b1f6f-f58b-4bf2-bb83-d96fb764e207"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1958"
source_hash: "87c2aec03d87beb0318bb34f0df55ca1b684e85c544362a299e5ca34fb74df7e"
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 1958 (19992000) — Public postsecondary education: deferred enrollment at University of California and California State University.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1958&version=19990AB195899INT)
2. **06/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1958&version=19990AB195898AMD)
3. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1958&version=19990AB195897AMD)
4. **09/08/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1958&version=19990AB195895CHP)
5. **AB1958** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1958)
6. **08/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1958&version=19990AB195896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1958 Romero By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1958 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1958 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 355, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 8215.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 5918.) `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`
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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 47. Noes 27. Page 6777.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (May 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** 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/6f3b1f6f-f58b-4bf2-bb83-d96fb764e207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).