---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: instruction: World War II."
description: "Education: instruction: World War II."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 399"
citation: "California AB 399 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: instruction: World War II."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wyland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aadb0eb-2c1a-482c-9731-e9e45a9c7e7e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB399"
source_hash: "adfc98148c4a51098fe5c97ea79454bbd3738ef7a1ae3c86c58ad9816f1bfadb"
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 399 (20032004) — Education: instruction: World War II.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB399&version=20030AB39999INT)
2. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB399&version=20030AB39998AMD)
3. **07/07/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB399&version=20030AB39996CHP)
4. **AB399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB399)
5. **06/19/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB399&version=20030AB39997ENR)

## Votes

- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab399 wyland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 399 wyland consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wyland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 35, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2003-06-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-06-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1399.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1714.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** 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`
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2003-02-14** 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/7aadb0eb-2c1a-482c-9731-e9e45a9c7e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).