---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Community Colleges Economic Development Program."
description: "California Community Colleges Economic Development Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2794"
citation: "California AB 2794 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Community Colleges Economic Development Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-28"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf4321ed-d231-46ea-8cde-218f8b1deb32"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794"
source_hash: "08dd407652c275c316bb2d96738404d4289b6d75734f386aba73c2aab8b2d9c4"
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 2794 (19992000) — California Community Colleges Economic Development Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279499INT)
2. **04/06/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279498AMD)
3. **05/02/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279497AMD)
4. **05/31/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279496AMD)
5. **06/26/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279495AMD)
6. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279494AMD)
7. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279493AMD)
8. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279491CHP)
9. **AB2794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794)
10. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2794&version=19990AB279492ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2794 Havice By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2794 HAVICE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2794 HAVICE THIRD READING W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 939, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 8927.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6396.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 6220.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6220.)
- **2000-08-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **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`
- **2000-07-06** 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`
- **2000-06-26** 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`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6989.) `reading-3, passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-06** 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`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-29** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2000-02-28** Joint Rule 54 suspended. 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/cf4321ed-d231-46ea-8cde-218f8b1deb32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).