republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-163.md

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Bill	Public education.	Public education.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 163	California AB 163 (20032004)	bill	Public education.	enacted	Nation	6	24	9	2003-01-22	2003-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0bbf3d3c-f95e-4156-b1ce-2ed04df02bce	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB163	12cbe67d38859da10f55aa8271618a78079f1267ec051468f0e47107eba880da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 163 (20032004) — Public education.

Version chain

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

1. 01/22/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/13/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/08/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB163 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/11/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 163 nation concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 163 nation assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab163 nation by machado — pass (pass) · upper
• placed on appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nation — primary (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)
• Machado — coauthor (person)
• Wolk — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 755, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-10 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 3.) (September 10). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 3813.) 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 Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3761.). 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. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 3664.)
• 2003-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2425.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-08 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-09-02 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-07-21 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2003-07-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-07-02 In committee: Placed on EDUCATION suspense file.
• 2003-06-12 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2003-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 2053.) 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
• 2003-04-02 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2003-03-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Corrected March 14. ). referral-committee
• 2003-03-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-06 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 5). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-01-30 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2003-01-23 From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
• 2003-01-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bbf3d3c-f95e-4156-b1ce-2ed04df02bce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).