---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: temporary employees."
description: "Community colleges: temporary employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 591"
citation: "California AB 591 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: temporary employees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dymally"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2008-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24b82289-a779-41f7-bbf1-bee640455027"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591"
source_hash: "27a2f1247d40ac079d29c916041e42d31d07d0b56a8133c0aca6ed5cad8bb985"
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 591 (20072008) — Community colleges: temporary employees.

## 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=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59199INT)
2. **01/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59195AMD)
3. **01/14/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59194AMD)
4. **01/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59193AMD)
5. **03/26/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59198AMD)
6. **04/24/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59197AMD)
7. **05/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59192AMD)
8. **06/14/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59196AMD)
9. **06/18/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59191AMD)
10. **07/10/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59189CHP)
11. **AB591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591)
12. **06/27/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB591&version=20070AB59190ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 591 DYMALLY Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB591 Dymally — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 591 DYMALLY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dymally — 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 Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-14** 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`
- **2007-06-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-07** 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`
- **2008-01-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-14** 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`
- **2008-01-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-01-17** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-01-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-01-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-01-29** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 3876.).
- **2008-01-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3876.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-01-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-06** 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`
- **2008-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-18** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4345.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-06-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5889.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2008-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24b82289-a779-41f7-bbf1-bee640455027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).