republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2159.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education."
description: "Student financial aid: Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2159"
citation: "California AB 2159 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-23"
last_action: "2000-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07acddb9-6584-4c63-a51b-a752eb882f96"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2159"
source_hash: "604319a1a3a90546496e1f761ceb6ca9c8e125f2a7f26b8ff3a060234dd7f523"
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 2159 (19992000) — Student financial aid: Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2159&version=19990AB215999INT)
2. **05/02/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2159&version=19990AB215998AMD)
3. **06/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2159&version=19990AB215997AMD)
4. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2159&version=19990AB215996AMD)
5. **09/18/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2159&version=19990AB215994CHP)
6. **AB2159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2159)
7. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2159&version=19990AB215995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2159 Robert Pache By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2159 PACHECO, ROBE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2159 PACHECO, ROBE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 8848.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6318.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, 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.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-07-06** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-29** 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`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 6739.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2000-02-23** 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/07acddb9-6584-4c63-a51b-a752eb882f96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).