---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Fresno Elementary School District."
description: "West Fresno Elementary School District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 38"
citation: "California AB 38 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["West Fresno Elementary School District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2003-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d122a5c7-235c-465c-8085-b470aaba6cb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB38"
source_hash: "12e4a727f2e2508bcb6bcb5b6444ee26d33c13ee11af67191a90f17c85e265de"
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 38 (20032004) — West Fresno Elementary School District.

## 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=200320040AB38&version=20030AB3899INT)
2. **01/23/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB38&version=20030AB3898AMD)
3. **01/27/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB38&version=20030AB3897AMD)
4. **02/26/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB38&version=20030AB3896AMD)
5. **03/06/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB38&version=20030AB3894CHP)
6. **AB38** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB38)
7. **03/03/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB38&version=20030AB3895ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab38 reyes by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 38 reyes assembly third reading urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 38 reyes concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-03-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-03-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-03-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-03-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 567.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-02-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-02-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 231.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-02-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-02-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-01-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 272.) From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (January 27). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes. `passage, referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, reading-3, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-01-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-01-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 15). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Education Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 171.). `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/d122a5c7-235c-465c-8085-b470aaba6cb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).