---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: nonpublic, nonsectarian schools."
description: "Special education: nonpublic, nonsectarian schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 216"
citation: "California AB 216 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education: nonpublic", "nonsectarian schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-01-25"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee1db65d-81fc-4718-a960-5c8d7c57b9e6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216"
source_hash: "57aefbad2902890df26767e0e51e64396724ceadb918fff01634d7ee717e2cfb"
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 216 (20072008) — Special education: nonpublic, nonsectarian schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216&version=20070AB21699INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216&version=20070AB21698AMD)
3. **04/26/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216&version=20070AB21697AMD)
4. **05/23/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216&version=20070AB21696AMD)
5. **06/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216&version=20070AB21695AMD)
6. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216&version=20070AB21693CHP)
7. **AB216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216)
8. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB216&version=20070AB21694ENR)

## Votes

- AB 216 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB216 Bass By Scott — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 216 BASS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2007-02-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** 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`
- **2007-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1313.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-23** 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`
- **2007-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-21** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2007-06-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2162.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2891.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee1db65d-81fc-4718-a960-5c8d7c57b9e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).