---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: conformance to federal law."
description: "Special education: conformance to federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1663"
citation: "California AB 1663 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education: conformance to federal law."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38dc502a-bb87-4daf-ae28-942300808f15"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663"
source_hash: "72ad4a6628321a5a6901837b9e9547f8526fd8b4dbef1103af9efdf67e109b38"
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 1663 (20072008) — Special education: conformance to federal law.

## 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=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166399INT)
2. **04/26/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166398AMD)
3. **05/23/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166397AMD)
4. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166396AMD)
5. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166395AMD)
6. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166394AMD)
7. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166393AMD)
8. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166391CHP)
9. **AB1663** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663)
10. **09/24/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1663&version=20070AB166392ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1663 EVANS Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1663 Evans Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1663 Evans Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)
- Romero — 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`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 31). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2007-06-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2033.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** (Corrected June 19.)
- **2007-06-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2570.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3390.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 454, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38dc502a-bb87-4daf-ae28-942300808f15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).