---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classified school employees."
description: "Classified school employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 424"
citation: "California AB 424 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Classified school employees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-14"
last_action: "2003-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db771347-64fa-4e68-b406-8e1a0b4505f0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB424"
source_hash: "06d0e99751fb2e8535172116f5aa6604cf5d407b8c28b3927a7a2155e030540e"
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 424 (20032004) — Classified school employees.

## 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=200320040AB424&version=20030AB42499INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB424&version=20030AB42498AMD)
3. **04/24/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB424&version=20030AB42497AMD)
4. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB424&version=20030AB42496AMD)
5. **10/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB424&version=20030AB42494CHP)
6. **AB424** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB424)
7. **08/28/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB424&version=20030AB42495ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab424 richman by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 424 richman consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 424 richman special consent calendar 2nd day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 881, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2003-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3237.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2003-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2123.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-16** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, 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 1709.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** 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`
- **2003-04-22** 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`
- **2003-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-10** 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/db771347-64fa-4e68-b406-8e1a0b4505f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).