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---
type: "Bill"
title: "High school graduation requirements: career technical education."
description: "High school graduation requirements: career technical education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 591"
citation: "California AB 591 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High school graduation requirements: career technical education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strickland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3898513-3214-40ef-b5e3-8dda7174d6e2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB591"
source_hash: "e85b927c11b6a5b65340cd45eba2c2a7471546018eb48b1b8beb46bab4ad08d7"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB591&version=20030AB59199INT)
2. **07/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB591&version=20030AB59198AMD)
3. **10/01/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB591&version=20030AB59196CHP)
4. **AB591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB591)
5. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB591&version=20030AB59197ENR)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3898513-3214-40ef-b5e3-8dda7174d6e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).