---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classified school employees."
description: "Classified school employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1038"
citation: "California AB 1038 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Classified school employees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bb36213-008d-4060-b9ce-6d2d951a885b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1038"
source_hash: "49e3a0ea9e3688b24632511853536923dfbf445639cd323d594aabf57faa42c3"
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 1038 (20032004) — Classified school employees.

## 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=200320040AB1038&version=20030AB103899INT)
2. **05/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1038&version=20030AB103898AMD)
3. **07/01/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1038&version=20030AB103897AMD)
4. **08/19/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1038&version=20030AB103896AMD)
5. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1038&version=20030AB103894CHP)
6. **AB1038** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1038)
7. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1038&version=20030AB103895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1038 negrete mcleod concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1038 negrete mcle by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1038 negrete mcleod assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 843, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 3328.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 2168.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 1900.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `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/4bb36213-008d-4060-b9ce-6d2d951a885b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).