---
type: "Bill"
title: "School finance."
description: "School finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1189"
citation: "California AB 1189 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School finance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aanestad"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d8b21df-3d03-4913-b5ea-04b1da8c3a5a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1189"
source_hash: "fe03f0c61276f2a172100c3dc249052a09a241de4861426c339081e0a5ec7c58"
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 1189 (20012002) — School finance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1189&version=20010AB118999INT)
2. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1189&version=20010AB118998AMD)
3. **10/07/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1189&version=20010AB118996CHP)
4. **AB1189** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1189)
5. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1189&version=20010AB118997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1189 Aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on place on Education suspense file. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 1189 Aanestad Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aanestad — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 561, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2759.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1890.)
- **2001-06-28** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2154.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** 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/5d8b21df-3d03-4913-b5ea-04b1da8c3a5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).