---
type: "Bill"
title: "Information Technology Career Academy Grant Initiative."
description: "Information Technology Career Academy Grant Initiative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 717"
citation: "California AB 717 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Information Technology Career Academy Grant Initiative."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8233d2b-37a7-4409-a6b9-77a91cef9184"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717"
source_hash: "fe93ffc856e115bcd54d2bce50268914098506a5a253ef260360ab3e83a543d4"
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 717 (20012002) — Information Technology Career Academy Grant Initiative.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717&version=20010AB71799INT)
2. **04/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717&version=20010AB71798AMD)
3. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717&version=20010AB71797AMD)
4. **06/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717&version=20010AB71796AMD)
5. **07/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717&version=20010AB71795AMD)
6. **09/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717&version=20010AB71794AMD)
7. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717&version=20010AB71792CHP)
8. **AB717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717)
9. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB717&version=20010AB71793ENR)

## Votes

- AB 717 Wiggins Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB717 Wiggins By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on place on Education suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 717 Wiggins Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Bogh — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Liu — principal coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)
- Wyman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3909.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2882.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-06-28** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2001-06-20** 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`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2134.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (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.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-04** 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`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/a8233d2b-37a7-4409-a6b9-77a91cef9184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).