---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers: hiring preferences: instructing deaf pupils."
description: "Teachers: hiring preferences: instructing deaf pupils."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1017"
citation: "California AB 1017 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers: hiring preferences: instructing deaf pupils."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfc653cd-cf47-4eb7-a4d6-b22b6b7cfc90"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017"
source_hash: "71b78a2c911aa2e2e3e205111ae571fbfbc2cd89aaa5788f70777b1271092bda"
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 1017 (20032004) — Teachers: hiring preferences: instructing deaf pupils.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017&version=20030AB101799INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017&version=20030AB101798AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017&version=20030AB101797AMD)
4. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017&version=20030AB101796AMD)
5. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017&version=20030AB101795AMD)
6. **09/04/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017&version=20030AB101794AMD)
7. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017&version=20030AB101792CHP)
8. **AB1017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017)
9. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1017&version=20030AB101793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1017 goldberg by brulte — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1017 goldberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1017 goldberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 865, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 3783.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2423.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-26** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2241.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 6.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/cfc653cd-cf47-4eb7-a4d6-b22b6b7cfc90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).