---
type: "Bill"
title: "International Baccalaureate Programs."
description: "International Baccalaureate Programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 556"
citation: "California AB 556 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["International Baccalaureate Programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huff"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e936c3f8-4a11-451a-9b40-098ab2d32fd5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB556"
source_hash: "6cf2ddddbaffaafcfc5d9716f8e24b98bb56ecf300c7b03007eb7e9f109b0c02"
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 556 (20072008) — International Baccalaureate Programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB556&version=20070AB55699INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB556&version=20070AB55698AMD)
3. **04/19/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB556&version=20070AB55697AMD)
4. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB556&version=20070AB55696AMD)
5. **09/21/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB556&version=20070AB55694CHP)
6. **AB556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB556)
7. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB556&version=20070AB55695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 556 HUFF Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #16 AB556 Huff By Wyland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huff — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-01** 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`
- **2007-04-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1986.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2175.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 220, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e936c3f8-4a11-451a-9b40-098ab2d32fd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).