---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: curriculum."
description: "Education: curriculum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 78"
citation: "California AB 78 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: curriculum."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-12-23"
last_action: "2003-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4bb3d8b-a6e6-46a9-b265-679fd0a39e35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB78"
source_hash: "8bddd8c14346d856bd68ba1acff780c179df111baa5e49d39efea72933329c17"
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 78 (20032004) — Education: curriculum.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/23/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB78&version=20030AB7899INT)
2. **03/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB78&version=20030AB7898AMD)
3. **03/17/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB78&version=20030AB7897AMD)
4. **06/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB78&version=20030AB7896AMD)
5. **07/10/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB78&version=20030AB7894CHP)
6. **AB78** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB78)
7. **06/30/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB78&version=20030AB7895ENR)

## Votes

- ab 78 reyes concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 78 reyes assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab78 reyes by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Samuelian — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 44, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2003-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2569.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-06-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 1509.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 6. Page 870.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-25** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2003-03-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-17** 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`
- **2003-03-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-10** 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`
- **2003-03-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-01-02** From printer. May be heard in committee February 1.
- **2002-12-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4bb3d8b-a6e6-46a9-b265-679fd0a39e35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).