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California AB 1543 (20012002) — Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/16/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/24/02 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/08/02 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/01/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1543 (committee substitute) — source
7. 03/21/02 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1543 Firebaugh Concurrence- Urgency Added — fail (fail) · lower
• AB 1543 Firebaugh Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1543 Firebaugh Motion to Reconsider — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1543 Firebaugh By McPherson Lay on Table — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1543 Firebaugh By McPherson Lay on Table — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1543 Firebaugh By McPherson Lay on Table — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1543 Firebaugh Concurrence- Urgency Added — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1543 Firebaugh By McPherson Urgency Clause — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Firebaugh — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2002-04-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 19, Statutes of 2002.
• 2002-04-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2002-03-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2002-03-21 Reconsideration granted. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2002-03-18 Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, March 21.
• 2002-03-14 Motion to reconsider continued until Monday, March 18.
• 2002-03-11 Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, March 14.
• 2002-03-07 Motion to reconsider continued until Monday, March 11.
• 2002-02-28 Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, March 7.
• 2002-02-25 Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Firebaugh. committee-failure
• 2002-02-07 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (February 7). committee-passage
• 2002-02-04 Not subject to Joint Rule 61 deadlines pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
• 2002-02-04 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2002-01-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2002-01-30 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2002-01-24 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2002-01-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2002-01-16 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. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-07-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2001-06-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2001-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2001-05-30 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1916.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-05-25 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2001-05-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2001-05-09 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2001-05-01 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2001-04-30 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2001-03-22 Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. 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; origin ocd-bill/20fde75a-1475-4c9e-af0f-8e43c7c669ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).