republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1608.md

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Bill	School districts: class size reduction.	School districts: class size reduction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 1608	California AB 1608 (19992000)	bill	School districts: class size reduction.	enacted	Strom-Martin	8	27	8	1999-02-26	2000-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/5f4c91e4-4d90-45fd-b2fe-86c19c58c701	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1608	1b8613704a00452952243c1141a050934a9141d1697a1f54ae0807c1ccd0799d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1608 (19992000) — School districts: class size reduction.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/03/00 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/30/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/21/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/00 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1608 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/30/00 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1608 STROM-MARTIN THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1608 STROM-MARTIN CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1608 Strom-Martin By Sher — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Strom-Martin — primary (person)
• Alquist — coauthor (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
• McPherson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2000-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 743, Statutes of 2000.
• 2000-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2000-09-13 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
• 2000-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 8739.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2000-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2000-08-29 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 6250.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-08-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-08-22 Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
• 2000-08-21 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-08-07 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2000-06-22 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-06-21 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 2.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2000-05-31 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2000-05-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-02-03 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2000-01-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2000-01-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 4919.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-01-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-01-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (January 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2000-01-12 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 17. Noes 1.) (January 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2000-01-05 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2000-01-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-03-22 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 1999-03-01 Read first time. reading-1
• 1999-02-28 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 1999-02-26 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f4c91e4-4d90-45fd-b2fe-86c19c58c701. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).