---
type: "Bill"
title: "School districts: four-day school week."
description: "School districts: four-day school week."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1889"
citation: "California AB 1889 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School districts: four-day school week."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-07"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02d382d5-3de9-4776-b2c1-40c677ba92cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889"
source_hash: "1ee320dfde3fed9a93052642742bb1b3a6485240540b7c31b0745c1ea5c26382"
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 1889 (20072008) — School districts: four-day school week.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889&version=20070AB188999INT)
2. **03/05/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889&version=20070AB188998AMD)
3. **03/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889&version=20070AB188997AMD)
4. **04/17/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889&version=20070AB188996AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889&version=20070AB188995AMD)
6. **08/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889&version=20070AB188994AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889&version=20070AB188992CHP)
8. **AB1889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889)
9. **09/03/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1889&version=20070AB188993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1889 BERG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1889 Berg By Wiggins — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1889 BERG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1889 Berg By Wiggins — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2008-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-05** 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`
- **2008-03-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-03-28** 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`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2008-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5150.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** 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`
- **2008-06-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-08-04** 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`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5044.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2008-08-18** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2008-08-19** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time and amended. To second reading. `reading-1, passage, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5370.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6912.)
- **2008-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6920.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 661, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02d382d5-3de9-4776-b2c1-40c677ba92cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).