---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Education on the Environment."
description: "Office of Education on the Environment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1548"
citation: "California AB 1548 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of Education on the Environment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17778808-d3bc-4968-bfb3-2044d9cbb9d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548"
source_hash: "4437bc9a1c3ed98c3c86ce2f32d67449b4c3d4d564d9028eb9efe9767adc6e56"
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 1548 (20032004) — Office of Education on the Environment.

## 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=200320040AB1548&version=20030AB154899INT)
2. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548&version=20030AB154898AMD)
3. **06/30/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548&version=20030AB154897AMD)
4. **07/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548&version=20030AB154896AMD)
5. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548&version=20030AB154895AMD)
6. **09/03/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548&version=20030AB154894AMD)
7. **10/03/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548&version=20030AB154892CHP)
8. **AB1548** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548)
9. **09/10/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1548&version=20030AB154893ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1548 pavley assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1548 pavley concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1548 pavley by torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 665, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 3720.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 2338.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-03** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Education suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-11** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 1549.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 1.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `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/17778808-d3bc-4968-bfb3-2044d9cbb9d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).