---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arts education."
description: "Arts education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2807"
citation: "California AB 2807 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arts education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc93abc7-a262-457f-8969-dfb23e6630a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2807"
source_hash: "11a3ea0055736875e8150f7c6c7fbd9687fca31a322292753f884ebd85852082"
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 2807 (20012002) — Arts education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2807&version=20010AB280799INT)
2. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2807&version=20010AB280798AMD)
3. **09/12/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2807&version=20010AB280796CHP)
4. **AB2807** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2807)
5. **08/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2807&version=20010AB280797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2807 Firebaugh By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2807 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 5794.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-20** 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`
- **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 72. Noes 1. Page 6336.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media and Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) 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/bc93abc7-a262-457f-8969-dfb23e6630a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).