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Bill	Education: policies.	Education: policies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 2855	California AB 2855 (20032004)	bill	Education: policies.	enacted	Laird	10	26	6	2004-02-20	2004-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ccd7eb82-ccf2-4b42-8714-384b9662ee72	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2855	6034b9968849ad7c2d88beef7033a606b0799ac1a2f4da86fb3b6c9a83a6a39d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2855 (20032004) — Education: policies.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/04 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/26/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/11/04 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/29/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/09/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/04 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/29/04 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2855 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/26/04 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 2855 laird assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab2855 laird by alpert — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab2855 laird by alpert — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Laird — primary (person)
• Chavez — principal coauthor (person)
• Daucher — principal coauthor (person)
• Hancock — principal coauthor (person)
• La Malfa — principal coauthor (person)
• Longville — principal coauthor (person)
• Maze — principal coauthor (person)
• Salinas — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2004-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 895, Statutes of 2004.
• 2004-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2004-09-10 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2004-08-26 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7846.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2004-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2004-08-25 Read third time and passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4953.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-23 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-16 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4953.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Alpert. Reconsideration granted. (Page 4954.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-09 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-08-05 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2004-07-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2004-06-29 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
• 2004-06-24 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2004-06-14 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. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2004-06-03 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2004-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2004-05-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5936.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2004-05-11 Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2004-05-10 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 5). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2004-04-27 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2004-04-26 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
• 2004-03-15 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2004-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2004-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ccd7eb82-ccf2-4b42-8714-384b9662ee72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).