republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-591.md

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Bill	High school graduation requirements: career technical education.	High school graduation requirements: career technical education.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 591	California AB 591 (20032004)	bill	High school graduation requirements: career technical education.	enacted	Strickland	5	20	6	2003-02-18	2003-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f3898513-3214-40ef-b5e3-8dda7174d6e2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB591	e85b927c11b6a5b65340cd45eba2c2a7471546018eb48b1b8beb46bab4ad08d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 591 (20032004) — High school graduation requirements: career technical education.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/16/03 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/01/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB591 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• ab 591 strickland concurrence in senate amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• special consent #24 ab591 strickland — pass (pass) · upper
• ab 591 strickland assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Strickland — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 653, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-09-09 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2003-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3326.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2003-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2003-08-25 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2118.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-08-20 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-08-19 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-07-16 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage
• 2003-07-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 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 78. Noes 0. Page 2061.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 1.) (May 28). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2003-04-07 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-02-27 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2003-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2003-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3898513-3214-40ef-b5e3-8dda7174d6e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).