---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers: limited-English-proficient pupils."
description: "Teachers: limited-English-proficient pupils."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2913"
citation: "California AB 2913 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers: limited-English-proficient pupils."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c084c942-e155-4b6d-93a1-de911aa57cd8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2913"
source_hash: "fd465a284a5394b2d18203e20fea5f7e567c4febab671ae2b9ee50d4f17d951c"
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 2913 (20032004) — Teachers: limited-English-proficient pupils.

## 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=200320040AB2913&version=20030AB291399INT)
2. **06/22/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2913&version=20030AB291398AMD)
3. **07/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2913&version=20030AB291396CHP)
4. **AB2913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2913)
5. **07/01/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2913&version=20030AB291397ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2913 salinas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2913 salinas consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2913 salinas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 169, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-07-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6642.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4421.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-22** From Consent Calendar. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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`
- **2004-03-15** 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/c084c942-e155-4b6d-93a1-de911aa57cd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).