---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher training: cultural competency."
description: "Teacher training: cultural competency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 54"
citation: "California AB 54 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher training: cultural competency."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oropeza"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-12-02"
last_action: "2003-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/597bb36e-59f2-4799-9541-bae5e8e9a412"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB54"
source_hash: "d3c3652cfd69134944e4f19d11586fefe03c00f64e376d330a192af42e2e25c5"
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 54 (20032004) — Teacher training: cultural competency.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/02/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB54&version=20030AB5499INT)
2. **03/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB54&version=20030AB5498AMD)
3. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB54&version=20030AB5497AMD)
4. **10/11/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB54&version=20030AB5495CHP)
5. **AB54** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB54)
6. **09/08/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB54&version=20030AB5496ENR)

## Votes

- ab 54 oropeza assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab54 oropeza by ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 54 oropeza concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Oropeza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 817, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2003-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 32. Page 3555.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2003-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2333.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-02** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 2078.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-03-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-01-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-12-03** From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
- **2002-12-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/597bb36e-59f2-4799-9541-bae5e8e9a412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).