---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: necessary small special education local plan areas."
description: "Special education: necessary small special education local plan areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 303"
citation: "California AB 303 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education: necessary small special education local plan areas."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-16"
last_action: "2001-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99a9a12c-3d92-4767-bd94-dcf40aa3f6dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303"
source_hash: "bad3b08e110181fc17d32a36a9ade2a1701b79973a0b9a326cabd0a21e389255"
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 303 (20012002) — Special education: necessary small special education local plan areas.

## 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=200120020AB303&version=20010AB30399INT)
2. **04/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303&version=20010AB30398AMD)
3. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303&version=20010AB30397AMD)
4. **07/16/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303&version=20010AB30396AMD)
5. **08/22/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303&version=20010AB30395AMD)
6. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303&version=20010AB30394AMD)
7. **10/07/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303&version=20010AB30392CHP)
8. **AB303** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303)
9. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB303&version=20010AB30393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 303 Dickerson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 303 Dickerson Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB303 Dickerson By Poochigian — **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
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 551, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3986.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2843.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2001-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2027.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. 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`
- **2001-03-01** 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/99a9a12c-3d92-4767-bd94-dcf40aa3f6dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).