---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: special education."
description: "Education: special education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1895"
citation: "California AB 1895 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: special education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-06"
last_action: "2002-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce2d5b76-0258-432d-81b9-3a8a8f0915a2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895"
source_hash: "c22fd0ba875d4549e7feb4a9a9f2aac441ad73e3d634ab01cf6051b7d9a4ad10"
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 1895 (20012002) — Education: special education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895&version=20010AB189599INT)
2. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895&version=20010AB189598AMD)
3. **05/14/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895&version=20010AB189597AMD)
4. **06/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895&version=20010AB189596AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895&version=20010AB189595AMD)
6. **08/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895&version=20010AB189594AMD)
7. **09/27/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895&version=20010AB189592CHP)
8. **AB1895** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895)
9. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1895&version=20010AB189593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1895 Wright Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1895 Wright By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1895 Wright Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 944, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 8455.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 5764.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-03** (Corrected July 3. )
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-27** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2002-06-19** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 6284.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5767.). `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2002-02-06** 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/ce2d5b76-0258-432d-81b9-3a8a8f0915a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).