republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-6.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Before and after school programs."
description: "Before and after school programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 6"
citation: "California AB 6 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Before and after school programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2001-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc1e1b4d-f3be-4e49-9135-6fb4d0eac011"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6"
source_hash: "f72bd7e28cdf49c420559a4f3503781cbb7d128a44a6556afa8982978d7d9683"
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 6 (20012002) — Before and after school programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB699INT)
2. **02/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB698AMD)
3. **04/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB697AMD)
4. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB696AMD)
5. **07/02/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB695AMD)
6. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB694AMD)
7. **08/23/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB693AMD)
8. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB692AMD)
9. **10/07/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB690CHP)
10. **AB6** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6)
11. **09/12/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB6&version=20010AB691ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB6 Cardenas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB6 Cardenas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB6 Cardenas By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Rod Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 545, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2001-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3701.) `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.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 2737.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-23** 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. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-21** (Corrected August 20. )
- **2001-08-20** 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 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-11** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-07-02** 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`
- **2001-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2121.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-04-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-03-29** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 21). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** 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`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2000-12-04** 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/fc1e1b4d-f3be-4e49-9135-6fb4d0eac011`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).