---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex equity in education: athletics."
description: "Sex equity in education: athletics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 833"
citation: "California AB 833 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sex equity in education: athletics."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69fca33b-40a9-4e0b-a163-7c4c82a1d841"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833"
source_hash: "e89defceed9b274e6c4aa147cdfa6fa9e2798f0200fb135f9711944213573832"
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 833 (20032004) — Sex equity in education: athletics.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833&version=20030AB83399INT)
2. **04/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833&version=20030AB83398AMD)
3. **06/11/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833&version=20030AB83397AMD)
4. **07/09/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833&version=20030AB83396AMD)
5. **07/22/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833&version=20030AB83395AMD)
6. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833&version=20030AB83394AMD)
7. **10/03/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833&version=20030AB83392CHP)
8. **AB833** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833)
9. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB833&version=20030AB83393ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab833 steinberg by karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 833 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 833 steinberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — author (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — author (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 660, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 3302.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 2201.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-07-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-17** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended. (Page 1861.)
- **2003-07-09** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 Judiciary (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-11** 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`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 5. Page 1692.) `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 23. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Assembly Rule 56 and Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1080)
- **2003-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education and Standing Committee on Education From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2003-02-20** 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/69fca33b-40a9-4e0b-a163-7c4c82a1d841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).