---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education."
description: "Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 300"
citation: "California AB 300 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 35
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2003-02-06"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7b32013-6bd9-4977-a9a9-9005083d23ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300"
source_hash: "c5e1a00e984aac5bb51ecc3a3bd50c8faa82c9acfb619bc794d865bd1fa966a8"
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 300 (20032004) — Education.

## 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=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30099INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30098AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30097AMD)
4. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30096AMD)
5. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30095AMD)
6. **06/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30094AMD)
7. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30093AMD)
8. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30091AMD)
9. **09/08/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30090AMD)
10. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30088CHP)
11. **AB300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300)
12. **09/12/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB300&version=20030AB30089ENR)

## Votes

- W/O REF. TO FILE AB300 Nunez Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 300 ed. third reading urgency by goldberg — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab300 committee on educ. (goldberg) by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB300 Nunez Invoke Constitution — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-09-22** (Corrected September 19. )
- **2003-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3881.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2478.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-09** (Corrected September 8. )
- **2003-09-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-19** (Corrected August 18. )
- **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: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-08** (Corrected August 7. )
- **2003-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-26** 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`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2178.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** 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 23). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** 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.
- **2003-03-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `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/c7b32013-6bd9-4977-a9a9-9005083d23ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).