republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1244.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities funding: modernization."
description: "School facilities funding: modernization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1244"
citation: "California AB 1244 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities funding: modernization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2161a62f-17ae-410c-ae9d-5aa19c062f3a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244"
source_hash: "f034f06040a91ae8360ca7ba703a03fc54608df71c51d119605abb0446ed92df"
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 1244 (20032004) — School facilities funding: modernization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244&version=20030AB124499INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244&version=20030AB124498AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244&version=20030AB124497AMD)
4. **06/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244&version=20030AB124496AMD)
5. **07/15/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244&version=20030AB124495AMD)
6. **09/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244&version=20030AB124494AMD)
7. **09/29/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244&version=20030AB124492CHP)
8. **AB1244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244)
9. **09/05/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1244&version=20030AB124493ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1244 chu concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1244 chu by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1244 chu assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)
- Dutra — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 572, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3464.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2308.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-09-02** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 2263.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (April 23). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26. Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-21** 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/2161a62f-17ae-410c-ae9d-5aa19c062f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).