---
type: "Bill"
title: "Class size reduction."
description: "Class size reduction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1893"
citation: "California AB 1893 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Class size reduction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-07"
last_action: "2008-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d36b67b4-f64a-48db-944f-de37696f0fa0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1893"
source_hash: "4baa30a13b59ee43e0cc489a1bf24de3294f6f9c8ac4bd3b6d9e1560e5c0c781"
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 1893 (20072008) — Class size reduction.

## 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=200720080AB1893&version=20070AB189399INT)
2. **03/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1893&version=20070AB189398AMD)
3. **06/13/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1893&version=20070AB189396CHP)
4. **AB1893** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1893)
5. **05/30/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1893&version=20070AB189397ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1893 GARRICK Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1893 Garrick Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Garrick — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — principal coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Plescia — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — principal coauthor (person)
- Smyth — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — 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`
- **2008-03-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 12). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4734.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4018.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-06-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2008-06-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 30, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d36b67b4-f64a-48db-944f-de37696f0fa0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).