republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1987.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "High Priority Schools Grant Program."
description: "High Priority Schools Grant Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1987"
citation: "California AB 1987 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High Priority Schools Grant Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-12"
last_action: "2004-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acceb555-0311-4d8a-9369-0d2d97f703ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987"
source_hash: "e06817635eb25edb421330e54d34dcf70bdfc92d6c081bc5e4ae5bac1e025810"
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 1987 (20032004) — High Priority Schools Grant Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987&version=20030AB198799INT)
2. **03/23/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987&version=20030AB198798AMD)
3. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987&version=20030AB198797AMD)
4. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987&version=20030AB198796AMD)
5. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987&version=20030AB198795AMD)
6. **09/24/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987&version=20030AB198793CHP)
7. **AB1987** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987)
8. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1987&version=20030AB198794ENR)

## Votes

- do pass as amended, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1987 steinberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1987 wolk consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1987 steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 757, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2004-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7909.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 7934.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5400.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-25** From committee: Return to Senate Floor. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2004-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5178.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (March 31). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-23** 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`
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2004-02-12** 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/acceb555-0311-4d8a-9369-0d2d97f703ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).