republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-96.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School districts."
description: "School districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 96"
citation: "California AB 96 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["School districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-01-11"
last_action: "2001-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6b9c009-aa5f-4af1-a618-2e3a854063a3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96"
source_hash: "afe20e32aad30995c3777982a6073fc8fd3200e2e83ce5070cc9b91ba14638c5"
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 96 (20012002) — School districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/11/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96&version=20010AB9699INT)
2. **02/20/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96&version=20010AB9698AMD)
3. **03/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96&version=20010AB9697AMD)
4. **06/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96&version=20010AB9696AMD)
5. **07/05/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96&version=20010AB9695AMD)
6. **07/12/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96&version=20010AB9694AMD)
7. **07/31/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96&version=20010AB9692CHP)
8. **AB96** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96)
9. **07/19/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB96&version=20010AB9693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 96 Aroner Assembly Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB96 Aroner By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 96 Aroner Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-07-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2897.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2071.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-05** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-18** 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`
- **2001-04-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-03-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 596.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-03-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-03-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-02-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (February 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-20** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-02-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (February 14). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2001-01-11** 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/f6b9c009-aa5f-4af1-a618-2e3a854063a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).