---
type: "Bill"
title: "Truancy: state mandate."
description: "Truancy: state mandate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1698"
citation: "California AB 1698 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Truancy: state mandate."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eng"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7769244d-fb3d-4744-bf08-9dd4765610b3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1698"
source_hash: "15b62cfd1201b7d944690adcc8e72189c76a04e34f8fba158eb1fa9b6ddfe533"
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 1698 (20072008) — Truancy: state mandate.

## 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=200720080AB1698&version=20070AB169899INT)
2. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1698&version=20070AB169898AMD)
3. **07/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1698&version=20070AB169896CHP)
4. **AB1698** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1698)
5. **06/30/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1698&version=20070AB169897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1698 ENG Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #11 AB1698 Eng — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eng — primary (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`
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1538.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-06-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-07-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 69, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7769244d-fb3d-4744-bf08-9dd4765610b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).