---
type: "Bill"
title: "Kindergarten."
description: "Kindergarten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2407"
citation: "California AB 2407 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Kindergarten."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bermudez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c1f75b-7232-4ef2-9e9d-9675845244fd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2407"
source_hash: "33d2ea9202ec55b8ee8bcfc167d286ed25ba6dad61004796c91a0302876a5e96"
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 2407 (20032004) — Kindergarten.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2407&version=20030AB240799INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2407&version=20030AB240798AMD)
3. **06/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2407&version=20030AB240797AMD)
4. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2407&version=20030AB240796AMD)
5. **09/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2407&version=20030AB240794CHP)
6. **AB2407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2407)
7. **08/18/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2407&version=20030AB240795ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2407 bermudez concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2407 bermudez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab2407 bermudez — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bermudez — primary (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 946, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4542.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** In committee. Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5556.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 14). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-31** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/f0c1f75b-7232-4ef2-9e9d-9675845244fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).