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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: production and pricing of college textbooks."
description: "Postsecondary education: production and pricing of college textbooks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2477"
citation: "California AB 2477 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: production and pricing of college textbooks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aec148fd-95d6-4756-bf3e-39f60cf1beb0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477"
source_hash: "9615b158c30823497acdb5f0db5486c7a6196d7f06d69f319c25a14e0337e7f9"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477&version=20030AB247799INT)
2. **03/23/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477&version=20030AB247798AMD)
3. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477&version=20030AB247797AMD)
4. **07/01/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477&version=20030AB247796AMD)
5. **07/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477&version=20030AB247795AMD)
6. **08/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477&version=20030AB247794AMD)
7. **09/16/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477&version=20030AB247792CHP)
8. **AB2477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477)
9. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2477&version=20030AB247793ENR)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aec148fd-95d6-4756-bf3e-39f60cf1beb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).