---
type: "Bill"
title: "High school exit examination."
description: "High school exit examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1609"
citation: "California AB 1609 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High school exit examination."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acfc6351-a557-471d-a8df-cedabc01f332"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1609"
source_hash: "46a3f313d8630b30302e93aefce3717f147529460b4259f09a003d266b030d9b"
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 1609 (20012002) — High school exit examination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1609&version=20010AB160999INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1609&version=20010AB160998AMD)
3. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1609&version=20010AB160996CHP)
4. **AB1609** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1609)
5. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1609&version=20010AB160997ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1609 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1609 Calderon By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 716, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 2834.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-12** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Education).
- **2001-07-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1891.)
- **2001-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 2055.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acfc6351-a557-471d-a8df-cedabc01f332`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).