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Bill	Postsecondary education: production and pricing of college textbooks.	Postsecondary education: production and pricing of college textbooks.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 2477	California AB 2477 (20032004)	bill	Postsecondary education: production and pricing of college textbooks.	enacted	Liu	9	30	7	2004-02-19	2004-09-16	openstates	ocd-bill/aec148fd-95d6-4756-bf3e-39f60cf1beb0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477	9615b158c30823497acdb5f0db5486c7a6196d7f06d69f319c25a14e0337e7f9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2477 (20032004) — Postsecondary education: production and pricing of college textbooks.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/04 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/09/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/26/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB2477 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/24/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 2477 liu concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab2477 liu by karnette — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 2477 liu assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab2477 liu by karnette — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Liu — primary (person)
• Berg — coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Jerome Horton — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Matthews — coauthor (person)
• Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-09-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 556, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-09-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-09-02 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2004-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 5. Page 7623.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-08-19 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 5117.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-18 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-08-17 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2004-08-16 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2004-08-16 Ordered returned to Senate.
• 2004-08-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-08-11 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 6. Page 4894.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-09 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-08-05 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2004-07-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2004-07-26 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
• 2004-07-01 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-06-30 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2004-06-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education (Corrected June 25. ). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-05-27 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2004-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2004-05-17 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 5733.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-10 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2004-03-31 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 30). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-03-25 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. referral-committee
• 2004-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-03-04 Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. referral-committee
• 2004-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2004-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aec148fd-95d6-4756-bf3e-39f60cf1beb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).