---
type: "Bill"
title: "School districts: reorganization."
description: "School districts: reorganization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 780"
citation: "California AB 780 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School districts: reorganization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cogdill"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/241c2ee8-a627-4a2b-84e3-1de9bc9f1bcf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780"
source_hash: "ee280b76a1899264ebeba38efeac5711ce761d57ad1a0bd649eec114651904b7"
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 780 (20032004) — School districts: reorganization.

## 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=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78099INT)
2. **06/21/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78098AMD)
3. **07/01/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78097AMD)
4. **07/15/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78096AMD)
5. **08/05/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78095AMD)
6. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78094AMD)
7. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78093AMD)
8. **08/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78092AMD)
9. **09/21/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78090CHP)
10. **AB780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780)
11. **08/28/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB780&version=20030AB78091ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 780 cogdill concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 780 harman assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- w/o ref. to file ab780 cogdill by poochigian — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cogdill — primary (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Poochigian — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 652, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2004-08-28** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 8052.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 8005.). `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-27** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5489.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-26** 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`
- **2004-08-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Page 5341.). `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-05** 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`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-07-15** 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`
- **2004-07-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-23** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-06-21** 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`
- **2003-06-26** In committee: Held in Committee under submission.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1755.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-03** 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/241c2ee8-a627-4a2b-84e3-1de9bc9f1bcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).