---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: student financial aid: National Guard."
description: "Postsecondary education: student financial aid: National Guard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1997"
citation: "California AB 1997 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: student financial aid: National Guard."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-13"
last_action: "2004-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/110fb9e8-11b3-4ffd-916c-0ae674f4ee72"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1997"
source_hash: "55529e088d83f6cd304bd0ed53d3b5470d4b183a4d003a4a2a3c7c44a01b74ee"
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 1997 (20032004) — Postsecondary education: student financial aid: National Guard.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1997&version=20030AB199799INT)
2. **04/13/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1997&version=20030AB199798AMD)
3. **07/01/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1997&version=20030AB199797AMD)
4. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1997&version=20030AB199796AMD)
5. **09/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1997&version=20030AB199794CHP)
6. **AB1997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1997)
7. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1997&version=20030AB199795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1997 higher ed. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab1997 committee on higher ed (liu) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1997 higher ed. concurrence in senate amendments by liu — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7152.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4862.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (Corrected July 20. ). `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-02** In Committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5432.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2004-02-13** 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/110fb9e8-11b3-4ffd-916c-0ae674f4ee72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).