---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kindergarten readiness."
description: "Kindergarten readiness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1302"
citation: "California AB 1302 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Kindergarten readiness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae7533ec-3aa8-4deb-819b-6cab2396fb37"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1302"
source_hash: "1b75042efd1cd2cd9a676ae41b88bed32a363e900f16605c1db9d702c559eeac"
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 1302 (20012002) — Kindergarten readiness.

## 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=200120020AB1302&version=20010AB130299INT)
2. **05/29/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1302&version=20010AB130298AMD)
3. **10/01/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1302&version=20010AB130296CHP)
4. **AB1302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1302)
5. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1302&version=20010AB130297ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1302 ED. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1302 Committee on Educ. (Strom-Martin) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 394, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2759.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-12** 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-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2331.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 5). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-04** Joint Rules 61(a)(5)(6) suspended (APPR). (Page 2081).
- **2001-06-04** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 2089.)
- **2001-05-31** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Standing Committee on Education) (Page 1684).
- **2001-05-17** 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/ae7533ec-3aa8-4deb-819b-6cab2396fb37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).