---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classified school employees: reclassification."
description: "Classified school employees: reclassification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1070"
citation: "California AB 1070 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Classified school employees: reclassification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1db2d2ed-2123-495d-bf4b-bad8d1a5e950"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1070"
source_hash: "1d68c47f6d5e22abbb1e4dd7aad388d3744033e65a85085fb78ee956c347ab10"
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 1070 (20032004) — Classified school employees: reclassification.

## 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=200320040AB1070&version=20030AB107099INT)
2. **08/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1070&version=20030AB107097CHP)
3. **AB1070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1070)
4. **07/17/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1070&version=20030AB107098ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1070 laird consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1070 laird by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 181, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2003-07-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 1869.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1710.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **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/1db2d2ed-2123-495d-bf4b-bad8d1a5e950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).