---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-priority schools."
description: "High-priority schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 96"
citation: "California AB 96 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High-priority schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bermudez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-01-08"
last_action: "2003-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/726c4d65-b1f7-4b59-8a40-a8717ea4b040"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB96"
source_hash: "d1276f3b0e54b28feea5d332115e94d1a372e9a59125a233a7fcb3aea59061cd"
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 96 (20032004) — High-priority schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB96&version=20030AB9699INT)
2. **07/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB96&version=20030AB9697CHP)
3. **AB96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB96)
4. **07/07/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB96&version=20030AB9698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 96 bermudez assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab96 bermudez by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bermudez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2003-07-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 1666.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-03-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 665.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-03-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-01-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
- **2003-01-08** 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/726c4d65-b1f7-4b59-8a40-a8717ea4b040`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).