---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: skilled nursing facilities."
description: "Special education: skilled nursing facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1649"
citation: "California AB 1649 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education: skilled nursing facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b27b352-256c-459f-a521-593064991e81"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1649"
source_hash: "14634de675119a71202c08e3b09bab03c5fe3fdbe30662627a02b80e77496ade"
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 1649 (20032004) — Special education: skilled nursing facilities.

## 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=200320040AB1649&version=20030AB164999INT)
2. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1649&version=20030AB164998AMD)
3. **07/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1649&version=20030AB164997AMD)
4. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1649&version=20030AB164996AMD)
5. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1649&version=20030AB164994CHP)
6. **AB1649** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1649)
7. **09/09/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1649&version=20030AB164995ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1649 simitian special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1649 simitian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- special consent cale ab1649 simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3677.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2349.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-21** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `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 Rules (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Placed on EDUCATION suspense file.
- **2003-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1764.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-24** 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/5b27b352-256c-459f-a521-593064991e81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).