---
type: "Bill"
title: "Before and after school programs."
description: "Before and after school programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 297"
citation: "California AB 297 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Before and after school programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee585282-40fc-4334-bd9c-dbe8442ae750"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297"
source_hash: "fd4991edf58766a7627ca29aa3f795feddbf21f8233106bd45830aa31c74d6c4"
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 297 (20012002) — Before and after school programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29799INT)
2. **04/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29798AMD)
3. **05/07/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29797AMD)
4. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29796AMD)
5. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29795AMD)
6. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29794AMD)
7. **08/30/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29793AMD)
8. **10/03/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29791CHP)
9. **AB297** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297)
10. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB297&version=20010AB29792ENR)

## Votes

- AB 297 Kehoe Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 297 Kehoe Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB297 Kehoe By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- La Suer — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 453, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3665.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2574.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-14** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1686.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2001-02-16** 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/ee585282-40fc-4334-bd9c-dbe8442ae750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).