republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-825.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance: categorical education program reform."
description: "Education finance: categorical education program reform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 825"
citation: "California AB 825 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education finance: categorical education program reform."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ecacf47-40ef-4612-a5f5-5781395de06d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825"
source_hash: "35c24509e0b4b8181c7ef762b73848dc022ede867ed2bd4fade09004952c75dc"
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 825 (20032004) — Education finance: categorical education program reform.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825&version=20030AB82599INT)
2. **04/21/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825&version=20030AB82598AMD)
3. **05/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825&version=20030AB82597AMD)
4. **06/17/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825&version=20030AB82596AMD)
5. **08/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825&version=20030AB82595AMD)
6. **08/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825&version=20030AB82594AMD)
7. **09/29/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825&version=20030AB82592CHP)
8. **AB825** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825)
9. **08/27/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB825&version=20030AB82593ENR)

## Votes

- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab825 firebaugh by alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 825 firebaugh concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 825 firebaugh assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Alpert — principal coauthor (person)
- Poochigian — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 871, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2004-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7982.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 5. Page 8019.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5472.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. (Corrected August 27. ) `amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2004-08-09** 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`
- **2004-07-12** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** 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`
- **2004-06-09** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-06-30** 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 79. Noes 0. Page 2086.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-21** 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`
- **2003-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-20** 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/5ecacf47-40ef-4612-a5f5-5781395de06d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).