---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance."
description: "Education finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1948"
citation: "California AB 1948 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education finance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-13"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0261cadb-4491-4db5-8c14-252aee8f6406"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948"
source_hash: "4cd7d377d967ea9cad68e448966c3aad58eb24c3d29dae5322cca04ee42d90be"
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 1948 (20072008) — Education finance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948&version=20070AB194899INT)
2. **04/16/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948&version=20070AB194898AMD)
3. **06/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948&version=20070AB194897AMD)
4. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948&version=20070AB194896AMD)
5. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948&version=20070AB194895AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948&version=20070AB194893CHP)
7. **AB1948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948)
8. **08/26/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1948&version=20070AB194894ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1948 EVANS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1948 EVANS Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #36 AB1948 Evans By Wiggins — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** 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.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5361.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-12** 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`
- **2008-06-18** 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`
- **2008-06-30** Place on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-07-10** 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`
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5064.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2008-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6706.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 636, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0261cadb-4491-4db5-8c14-252aee8f6406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).