---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: policies."
description: "Education: policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2855"
citation: "California AB 2855 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: policies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccd7eb82-ccf2-4b42-8714-384b9662ee72"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855"
source_hash: "6034b9968849ad7c2d88beef7033a606b0799ac1a2f4da86fb3b6c9a83a6a39d"
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 2855 (20032004) — Education: policies.

## 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=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285599INT)
2. **04/26/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285598AMD)
3. **05/11/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285597AMD)
4. **06/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285596AMD)
5. **06/29/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285595AMD)
6. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285594AMD)
7. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285593AMD)
8. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285591CHP)
9. **AB2855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855)
10. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855&version=20030AB285592ENR)

## Votes

- ab 2855 laird assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2855 laird by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2855 laird by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Chavez — principal coauthor (person)
- Daucher — principal coauthor (person)
- Hancock — principal coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — principal coauthor (person)
- Longville — principal coauthor (person)
- Maze — principal coauthor (person)
- Salinas — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 895, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7846.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time and passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4953.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4953.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Alpert. Reconsideration granted. (Page 4954.) `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.
- **2004-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-14** 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`
- **2004-06-03** 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 78. Noes 0. Page 5936.) `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`
- **2004-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-11** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 5). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-15** 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/ccd7eb82-ccf2-4b42-8714-384b9662ee72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).