---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Development Department: Jobs for California Graduates Program."
description: "Employment Development Department: Jobs for California Graduates Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2827"
citation: "California AB 2827 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Employment Development Department: Jobs for California Graduates Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardoza"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-28"
last_action: "2000-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58204af0-72be-4e8f-b1d0-a598319d235a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2827"
source_hash: "2b950fe156f8baa71d0b3d00afa86a803135ad0f5ff70e68013fdd9fe80691d0"
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 2827 (19992000) — Employment Development Department: Jobs for California Graduates 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=199920000AB2827&version=19990AB282799INT)
2. **04/27/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2827&version=19990AB282798AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2827&version=19990AB282797AMD)
4. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2827&version=19990AB282796AMD)
5. **09/07/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2827&version=19990AB282794CHP)
6. **AB2827** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2827)
7. **08/29/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2827&version=19990AB282795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2827 CARDOZA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2827 Cardoza Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2827 CARDOZA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardoza — primary (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2000-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 10. Page 8635.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 6116.) `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.
- **2000-08-15** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **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 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Com. on I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 6901.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (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** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `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/58204af0-72be-4e8f-b1d0-a598319d235a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).