---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter schools: at-risk pupils: county board of education."
description: "Charter schools: at-risk pupils: county board of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 177"
citation: "California AB 177 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter schools: at-risk pupils: county board of education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-01-23"
last_action: "2007-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ad5f5f8-f5ed-45fa-b7ff-4545b4a962b6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB177"
source_hash: "8f7018779746aa779ff6f078b430bdb0e23d38d459ac5549036f59ebee2f505b"
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 177 (20072008) — Charter schools: at-risk pupils: county board of education.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB177&version=20070AB17799INT)
2. **03/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB177&version=20070AB17798AMD)
3. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB177&version=20070AB17797AMD)
4. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB177&version=20070AB17796AMD)
5. **10/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB177&version=20070AB17794CHP)
6. **AB177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB177)
7. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB177&version=20070AB17795ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB177 Bass By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 177 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Nunez — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Romero — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** 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`
- **2007-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 1903.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** 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`
- **2007-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2171.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ad5f5f8-f5ed-45fa-b7ff-4545b4a962b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).