---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter schools."
description: "Charter schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 766"
citation: "California AB 766 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walters"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f51c7c7-f004-46d3-a725-4f974af7f8f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB766"
source_hash: "45bc9573cf0bcf341d1cfeee97cae4d5b462795f79a9d54bb30d0670f3385720"
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 766 (20072008) — Charter schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB766&version=20070AB76699INT)
2. **04/09/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB766&version=20070AB76698AMD)
3. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB766&version=20070AB76697AMD)
4. **07/02/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB766&version=20070AB76695CHP)
5. **AB766** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB766)
6. **06/23/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB766&version=20070AB76696ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB766 Walters — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 766 WALTERS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Walters — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-08** 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.
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1106.)
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-09** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1477.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **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** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1480.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-21** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-06-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2007-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 23, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f51c7c7-f004-46d3-a725-4f974af7f8f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).