republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1532.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development: technology programs."
description: "Economic development: technology programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1532"
citation: "California AB 1532 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic development: technology programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72ba528b-bc12-4578-9ca9-dab0e0cd59ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1532"
source_hash: "2f80c385aae938d1c23a8fb20cf382c2adb6829c39511824d58443d6fe27435e"
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 1532 (20032004) — Economic development: technology programs.

## 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=200320040AB1532&version=20030AB153299INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1532&version=20030AB153298AMD)
3. **06/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1532&version=20030AB153297AMD)
4. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1532&version=20030AB153296AMD)
5. **08/29/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1532&version=20030AB153295AMD)
6. **09/30/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1532&version=20030AB153293CHP)
7. **AB1532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1532)
8. **09/11/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1532&version=20030AB153294ENR)

## Votes

- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 2nd reading ab1532 nakano by vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1532 nakano concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on environmental quality recommend consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- ab 1532 nakano assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)
- Ridley-Thomas — principal coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 627, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-11** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 10). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 4. Page 3811.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 30. Page 3717.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 32. Page 3709.). `referral-committee`
- **2003-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-09-09** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 2418.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-09-08** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-08-29** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-18** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on ENV. QUAL. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-12** Referred to Coms. on H. & H.S. and ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **2003-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2124.) `passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72ba528b-bc12-4578-9ca9-dab0e0cd59ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).