---
type: "Bill"
title: "School lunch and breakfast programs: direct certification."
description: "School lunch and breakfast programs: direct certification."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2300"
citation: "California AB 2300 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School lunch and breakfast programs: direct certification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/102ac9b5-3814-4cd2-8be6-3a7399c57fe5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300"
source_hash: "e3829770ec31eda9d3df3987de021d13855385466d81c967eda4b414b1e95a2c"
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 2300 (20072008) — School lunch and breakfast programs: direct certification.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300&version=20070AB230099INT)
2. **03/24/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300&version=20070AB230098AMD)
3. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300&version=20070AB230097AMD)
4. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300&version=20070AB230096AMD)
5. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300&version=20070AB230095AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300&version=20070AB230093CHP)
7. **AB2300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300)
8. **08/26/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2300&version=20070AB230094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2300 Laird By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2300 LAIRD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2300 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** 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`
- **2008-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 5481.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** 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`
- **2008-06-25** Place on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2008-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **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`
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 5096.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6682.)
- **2008-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 8. Page 6697.) `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 673, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/102ac9b5-3814-4cd2-8be6-3a7399c57fe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).