---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: National Guard, State Military Reserve, and Naval Militia."
description: "Postsecondary education: National Guard, State Military Reserve, and Naval Militia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 547"
citation: "California AB 547 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: National Guard", "State Military Reserve", "and Naval Militia."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56c9f88d-f4fe-48a4-9030-e98747f1eb6f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547"
source_hash: "b0103ce9455fdc253240926b5eca3007540e6c5f4dd08a29dd177c891ee24358"
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 547 (20032004) — Postsecondary education: National Guard, State Military Reserve, and Naval Militia.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547&version=20030AB54799INT)
2. **04/28/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547&version=20030AB54798AMD)
3. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547&version=20030AB54797AMD)
4. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547&version=20030AB54796AMD)
5. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547&version=20030AB54795AMD)
6. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547&version=20030AB54794AMD)
7. **09/12/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547&version=20030AB54792CHP)
8. **AB547** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547)
9. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB547&version=20030AB54793ENR)

## Votes

- ab 547 liu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 547 liu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab547 liu by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3559.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2334.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2047.)
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** In committee: Placed on EDUCATION suspense file.
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2228.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 4.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 6). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-05** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Standing Committee on Higher Education) (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1427.).
- **2003-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 1307.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** 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/56c9f88d-f4fe-48a4-9030-e98747f1eb6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).