---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nursing education scholarships."
description: "Nursing education scholarships."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1241"
citation: "California AB 1241 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nursing education scholarships."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parra"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3789e1-baf8-4652-adf2-49c97f33b368"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241"
source_hash: "d798a01ed6a2d344ecd918f566a4ec7d7f37fe47397863addf6bf9eff480785d"
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 1241 (20032004) — Nursing education scholarships.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241&version=20030AB124199INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241&version=20030AB124198AMD)
3. **04/29/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241&version=20030AB124197AMD)
4. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241&version=20030AB124196AMD)
5. **07/10/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241&version=20030AB124195AMD)
6. **09/17/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241&version=20030AB124193CHP)
7. **AB1241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241)
8. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1241&version=20030AB124194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1241 parra concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1241 parra by ashburn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1241 parra assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parra — primary (person)
- Ashburn — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Maze — principal coauthor (person)
- McCarthy — coauthor (person)
- Samuelian — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 396, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 3306.) `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.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 2199.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 77. Noes 2. Page 2246.) `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 20. Noes 4.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-29** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 22). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26. Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b3789e1-baf8-4652-adf2-49c97f33b368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).