---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public education."
description: "Public education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 163"
citation: "California AB 163 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nation"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-01-22"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bbf3d3c-f95e-4156-b1ce-2ed04df02bce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB163"
source_hash: "12cbe67d38859da10f55aa8271618a78079f1267ec051468f0e47107eba880da"
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 163 (20032004) — Public education.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB163&version=20030AB16399INT)
2. **03/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB163&version=20030AB16398AMD)
3. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB163&version=20030AB16397AMD)
4. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB163&version=20030AB16395CHP)
5. **AB163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB163)
6. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB163&version=20030AB16396ENR)

## Votes

- ab 163 nation concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 163 nation assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab163 nation by machado — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nation — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 755, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (September 10). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 3813.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3761.). `referral-committee`
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 3664.)
- **2003-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2425.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Placed on EDUCATION suspense file.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 2053.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-02** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-03-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Corrected March 14. ). `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 5). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-01-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-23** From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
- **2003-01-22** 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/0bbf3d3c-f95e-4156-b1ce-2ed04df02bce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).