---
type: "Bill"
title: "School construction approval."
description: "School construction approval."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1478"
citation: "California AB 1478 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School construction approval."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51a70fc5-7ffd-47a1-b317-e2e2c419482d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1478"
source_hash: "e0a27ee61a18a2142b5d19f470b2e0381b9fe7a08cb4bb8a7cefb7dbf3a0ecbb"
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 1478 (20012002) — School construction approval.

## 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=200120020AB1478&version=20010AB147899INT)
2. **06/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1478&version=20010AB147898AMD)
3. **10/02/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1478&version=20010AB147896CHP)
4. **AB1478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1478)
5. **09/27/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1478&version=20010AB147897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1478 Salinas Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1478 Salinas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1478 Salinas Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 422, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m. (Corrected September 27. )
- **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`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2001-07-19** To inactive file on motion of Senator McPherson.
- **2001-07-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** 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`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1803.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-19** 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/51a70fc5-7ffd-47a1-b317-e2e2c419482d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).