---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil achievement."
description: "Pupil achievement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 36"
citation: "California AB 36 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil achievement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wyland"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2003-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adfe71ed-bf43-442a-9f9b-f4fbeb291695"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB36"
source_hash: "867d59bde576c82d4b9721748b1b4d3aae820d4b99e1f7230bf9044a4c2cc0ae"
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 36 (20032004) — Pupil achievement.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/02/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB36&version=20030AB3699INT)
2. **02/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB36&version=20030AB3698AMD)
3. **06/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB36&version=20030AB3697AMD)
4. **07/14/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB36&version=20030AB3695CHP)
5. **AB36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB36)
6. **06/30/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB36&version=20030AB3696ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 36 wyland concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab36 wyland by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 36 wyland consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wyland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 45, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2003-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2570.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 1530.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-03-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 666.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** 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`
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2002-12-02** 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/adfe71ed-bf43-442a-9f9b-f4fbeb291695`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).