---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education."
description: "Special education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 42"
citation: "California AB 42 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daucher"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8261e34c-ac7f-4410-8746-4f5961ade5c1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42"
source_hash: "e2e3dd013a89f047293a3b660b90ff94a2ae359d585334c07e008d80b6962af5"
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 42 (20032004) — Special education.

## 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=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4299INT)
2. **01/05/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4294AMD)
3. **01/16/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4298AMD)
4. **02/14/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4297AMD)
5. **03/19/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4296AMD)
6. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4295AMD)
7. **06/30/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4293AMD)
8. **07/14/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4292AMD)
9. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4290CHP)
10. **AB42** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42)
11. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB42&version=20030AB4291ENR)

## Votes

- ab 42 daucher concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent cale ab42 daucher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 42 daucher consent calendar second day — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daucher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 408, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7149.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4858.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-14** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-01-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-01-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 4262.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-01-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-01-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-04-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-19** 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`
- **2003-03-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-14** 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`
- **2003-01-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-16** 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/8261e34c-ac7f-4410-8746-4f5961ade5c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).