---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University: University of California: courses in employee ethics."
description: "California State University: University of California: courses in employee ethics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1969"
citation: "California AB 1969 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University: University of California: courses in employee ethics."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-12"
last_action: "2004-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/094e557e-4b6e-4110-b0c5-b00bd353de35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1969"
source_hash: "57c366e83ed6bf99774324339a8649948c4fea909c526bbc3f3b39531050ea48"
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 1969 (20032004) — California State University: University of California: courses in employee ethics.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1969&version=20030AB196999INT)
2. **08/23/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1969&version=20030AB196997CHP)
3. **AB1969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1969)
4. **08/05/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1969&version=20030AB196998ENR)

## Votes

- ab 1969 negrete mcleod assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1969 negrete mcle by sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 264, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-05** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2004-08-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 8. Page 4791.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 5923.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2004-02-12** Read first time. To print. (Corrected May 20. ) `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/094e557e-4b6e-4110-b0c5-b00bd353de35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).