republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-620.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: high-tech high schools."
description: "Education: high-tech high schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 620"
citation: "California AB 620 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: high-tech high schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d4bcf83-fa81-4a16-905f-05e1168e01b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620"
source_hash: "35481c5b290173183c037703979118ae1c67c753e4857997005f97b22518695f"
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 620 (20012002) — Education: high-tech high schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620&version=20010AB62099INT)
2. **05/02/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620&version=20010AB62098AMD)
3. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620&version=20010AB62097AMD)
4. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620&version=20010AB62096AMD)
5. **07/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620&version=20010AB62095AMD)
6. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620&version=20010AB62094AMD)
7. **10/11/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620&version=20010AB62092CHP)
8. **AB620** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620)
9. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB620&version=20010AB62093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 620 Wayne Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB620 Wayne By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 620 Wayne Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Cohn — principal coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 705, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3965.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-13** Ordered returned to Assembly.
- **2001-09-13** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2793.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-07-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-11** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1860.) (Corrected July 6.)
- **2001-07-03** 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`
- **2001-06-25** 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 70. Noes 5. Page 2180.) `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 15. Noes 6.) (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.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2001-02-22** 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/4d4bcf83-fa81-4a16-905f-05e1168e01b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).