---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education."
description: "Special education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1337"
citation: "California AB 1337 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daucher"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3872be27-7038-450f-9c47-5b04ce72f9cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337"
source_hash: "fd8a12be872772cae7e53390ad8a7fcf5b0b2b3a60c2116524f5a8a2eeee9016"
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 1337 (20032004) — Special education.

## 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=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133799INT)
2. **04/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133798AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133797AMD)
4. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133796AMD)
5. **07/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133795AMD)
6. **07/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133794AMD)
7. **07/24/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133793AMD)
8. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133791CHP)
9. **AB1337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337)
10. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1337&version=20030AB133792ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1337 daucher concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1337 daucher assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1337 daucher by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daucher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 893, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3177.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2131.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** 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`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 3. Page 1984.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 23). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** (Corrected April 9. )
- **2003-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. 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`
- **2003-03-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **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/3872be27-7038-450f-9c47-5b04ce72f9cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).