---
type: "Bill"
title: "Advisory Commission on Special Education: charter school member."
description: "Advisory Commission on Special Education: charter school member."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 615"
citation: "California AB 615 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Advisory Commission on Special Education: charter school member."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ae7b339-4d42-4d57-84cc-13177687fca1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB615"
source_hash: "6e4ecbf407e931b9a5542818c43596690672e59f641cb760b1be047942438b60"
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 615 (20032004) — Advisory Commission on Special Education: charter school member.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB615&version=20030AB61599INT)
2. **08/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB615&version=20030AB61597CHP)
3. **AB615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB615)
4. **07/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB615&version=20030AB61598ENR)

## Votes

- special consent #21 ab615 bates — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 615 bates consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1964.) `reading-3, 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`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1564.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2003-02-19** 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/8ae7b339-4d42-4d57-84cc-13177687fca1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).