---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educators."
description: "Educators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 956"
citation: "California AB 956 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Educators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nation"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cf48e51-724d-4a3f-b37c-153f1ad93b00"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB956"
source_hash: "8392252e14669976eecf5975fbb3e28e23037bf42b199bf1464486ee6c3b6a32"
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 956 (20032004) — Educators.

## 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=200320040AB956&version=20030AB95699INT)
2. **08/21/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB956&version=20030AB95698AMD)
3. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB956&version=20030AB95696CHP)
4. **AB956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB956)
5. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB956&version=20030AB95697ENR)

## Votes

- ab 956 nation assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 956 nation concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab956 nation by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 567, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 3291.) `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.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2171.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-21** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** To inactive file on motion of Senator McPherson.
- **2003-06-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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 58. Noes 20. Page 1756.) `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 10. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **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/0cf48e51-724d-4a3f-b37c-153f1ad93b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).