---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: community college registered nursing programs."
description: "Public postsecondary education: community college registered nursing programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1559"
citation: "California AB 1559 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: community college registered nursing programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berryhill"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cbb8b80-4bb8-48d3-9f72-f3dd81e13757"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559"
source_hash: "8ee141fbf4ebcad8fabec7dd0e897a0dfc3664477fe319e9b9b4538086787988"
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 1559 (20072008) — Public postsecondary education: community college registered nursing programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559&version=20070AB155999INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559&version=20070AB155998AMD)
3. **04/25/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559&version=20070AB155997AMD)
4. **06/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559&version=20070AB155996AMD)
5. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559&version=20070AB155995AMD)
6. **08/29/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559&version=20070AB155994AMD)
7. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559&version=20070AB155992CHP)
8. **AB1559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559)
9. **09/17/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559&version=20070AB155993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1559 BERRYHILL Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1559 Berryhill By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1559 BERRYHILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berryhill — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
- Scott — principal coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Tran — coauthor (person)
- Villines — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-04-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 1570.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2007-08-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-29** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2458.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3250.)
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 14. Page 3255.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 712, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cbb8b80-4bb8-48d3-9f72-f3dd81e13757`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).