republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1485.md

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Bill	English learners: academic assessment.	English learners: academic assessment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 1485	California AB 1485 (20032004)	bill	English learners: academic assessment.	enacted	Firebaugh	11	27	9	2003-02-21	2003-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/91939a7b-b1ae-4e71-b8dc-249122cc5360	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1485	162199774d14afb296b0e3104ba264245e43c14e29f11b82c75e9c77c753988a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1485 (20032004) — English learners: academic assessment.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/03/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/11/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1485 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/11/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• assembly 3rd reading ab1485 firebaugh by vasconcellos — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1485 firebaugh concurrence in senate amendments by goldberg — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1485 firebaugh assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 1485 firebaugh third reading urgency — fail (fail) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 1485 suspend the rules — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Firebaugh — primary (person)
• Goldberg — principal coauthor (person)
• Yee — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 773, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2003-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 31. Page 3796.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2003-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 15. Page 2432.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-08 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-29 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2003-08-19 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2003-07-16 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-07-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Education suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-06-26 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2003-06-03 Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 2188.) Amended pursuant to Joint Rule 23.5. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 27. Page 2189.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-05-07 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-05-06 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-05 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 30). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-04-24 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2003-04-22 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
• 2003-04-21 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2003-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2003-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2003-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91939a7b-b1ae-4e71-b8dc-249122cc5360. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).