republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2709.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: curriculum."
description: "Education: curriculum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2709"
citation: "California AB 2709 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: curriculum."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wyland"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-22"
last_action: "2002-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb8767a5-5857-4182-aa77-1ba5acb1cf3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709"
source_hash: "55d1744272890bc627604479322b7406a0710a68bd67c1f5726bd65ac045b518"
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 2709 (20012002) — Education: curriculum.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709&version=20010AB270999INT)
2. **04/16/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709&version=20010AB270998AMD)
3. **05/13/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709&version=20010AB270997AMD)
4. **08/08/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709&version=20010AB270996AMD)
5. **08/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709&version=20010AB270995AMD)
6. **09/20/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709&version=20010AB270993CHP)
7. **AB2709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709)
8. **08/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2709&version=20010AB270994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2709 Wyland Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2709 Wyland By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2709 Wyland Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wyland — primary (person)
- Alpert — principal coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 8357.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5819.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2002-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 6149.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5767.)
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-22** 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/bb8767a5-5857-4182-aa77-1ba5acb1cf3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).