---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: planning."
description: "Education: planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2525"
citation: "California AB 2525 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: planning."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c55a245-ca74-4067-aef5-4e21dd4ac47e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525"
source_hash: "f55e3434328b36fcd5021dea8fb0839bae3c29640e1db150b711cb6e9ca9d2c6"
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 2525 (20032004) — Education: planning.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525&version=20030AB252599INT)
2. **06/28/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525&version=20030AB252598AMD)
3. **08/04/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525&version=20030AB252597AMD)
4. **08/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525&version=20030AB252596AMD)
5. **08/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525&version=20030AB252595AMD)
6. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525&version=20030AB252593CHP)
7. **AB2525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525)
8. **08/28/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2525&version=20030AB252594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2525 committee on educ. (goldberg) urgency clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2525 ed. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2525 ed. concurrence- urgency added by goldberg — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 896, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-28** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 8049.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2004-08-27** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5493.) `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 4963.)
- **2004-08-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-08-04** 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`
- **2004-06-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5765.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/1c55a245-ca74-4067-aef5-4e21dd4ac47e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).