---
type: "Bill"
title: "School programs."
description: "School programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 560"
citation: "California AB 560 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7870c173-68fd-413e-8937-f57b48091ffe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB560"
source_hash: "39535e5c926b9622caf2f18331b11050b2aac38dcfdd014f15cfacfb8025bf20"
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 560 (20032004) — School programs.

## 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=200320040AB560&version=20030AB56099INT)
2. **05/12/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB560&version=20030AB56098AMD)
3. **08/28/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB560&version=20030AB56097AMD)
4. **09/25/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB560&version=20030AB56095CHP)
5. **AB560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB560)
6. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB560&version=20030AB56096ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab560 goldberg by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 560 goldberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 560 goldberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)
- Montanez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 509, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 346.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2276.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 1908.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 6.) (May 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1519.) From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 7). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **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/7870c173-68fd-413e-8937-f57b48091ffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).