---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: teacher preparation programs."
description: "Community colleges: teacher preparation programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1241"
citation: "California AB 1241 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: teacher preparation programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19e3de3c-8913-46f6-b46e-5bad1db59864"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1241"
source_hash: "16d6a34ca30247fa3111527da8ce3ac3b29be22a2f085566464fec366cfa61c2"
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 1241 (20012002) — Community colleges: teacher preparation programs.

## 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=200120020AB1241&version=20010AB124199INT)
2. **04/05/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1241&version=20010AB124198AMD)
3. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1241&version=20010AB124197AMD)
4. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1241&version=20010AB124196AMD)
5. **08/22/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1241&version=20010AB124195AMD)
6. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1241&version=20010AB124193CHP)
7. **AB1241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1241)
8. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1241&version=20010AB124194ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1241 Robert Pache — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1241 Pacheco,Robert Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1241 Pacheco,Robert Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 714, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3944.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2759.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2211.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher 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/19e3de3c-8913-46f6-b46e-5bad1db59864`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).