---
type: "Bill"
title: "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory Commission."
description: "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 648"
citation: "California AB 648 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory Commission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dymally"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2003-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c83a0d3e-080f-49fd-a6ce-4acd983f2999"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648"
source_hash: "50ccdb410f2bf1f6b1f97daf479b4ecfe54604fb634db8123a36989f4e43e7cd"
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 648 (20032004) — Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Advisory Commission.

## 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=200320040AB648&version=20030AB64899INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648&version=20030AB64898AMD)
3. **06/23/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648&version=20030AB64897AMD)
4. **07/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648&version=20030AB64896AMD)
5. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648&version=20030AB64895AMD)
6. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648&version=20030AB64894AMD)
7. **09/17/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648&version=20030AB64892CHP)
8. **AB648** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648)
9. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB648&version=20030AB64893ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 648 dymally concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab648 dymally by vincent — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 648 dymally assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dymally — primary (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-16** 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 56. Noes 23. Page 3560.) `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 32. Noes 4. Page 2335.) `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 9. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-18** 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`
- **2003-07-10** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 12. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 3. Page 2064.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 2). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, 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/c83a0d3e-080f-49fd-a6ce-4acd983f2999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).