---
type: "Bill"
title: "Schools: aircraft noise."
description: "Schools: aircraft noise."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 296"
citation: "California AB 296 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Schools: aircraft noise."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1b83b6b-d20b-41a4-93a0-07d588138930"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB296"
source_hash: "4f9a0e72e37724aa66235923b51e1d23e695767317e52bb80f51aa7cdb984b8d"
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 296 (20032004) — Schools: aircraft noise.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB296&version=20030AB29699INT)
2. **03/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB296&version=20030AB29698AMD)
3. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB296&version=20030AB29697AMD)
4. **05/28/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB296&version=20030AB29696AMD)
5. **07/14/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB296&version=20030AB29695AMD)
6. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB296&version=20030AB29694AMD)
7. **AB296** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB296)

## Votes

- ab 296 mullin assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 757, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2003-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 3921.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-12** 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 Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 2586.). `passage, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-3, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2003-08-18** 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 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-11** In committee: Placed on EDUCATION suspense file.
- **2003-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 20. Page 1389.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-28** 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`
- **2003-03-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2003-02-06** 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/f1b83b6b-d20b-41a4-93a0-07d588138930`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).