republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1548.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: College Textbook Transparency Act."
description: "Public postsecondary education: College Textbook Transparency Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1548"
citation: "California AB 1548 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: College Textbook Transparency Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1773144-f533-4876-88ef-d870656f665a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548"
source_hash: "bd1e4d46cbe15c1f718074953edb3f5c856a89d6be658d8670f07fcaaf14dd29"
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 1548 (20072008) — Public postsecondary education: College Textbook Transparency Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154899INT)
2. **04/10/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154898AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154897AMD)
4. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154896AMD)
5. **07/18/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154895AMD)
6. **08/01/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154894AMD)
7. **08/28/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154893AMD)
8. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154892AMD)
9. **10/13/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154890CHP)
10. **AB1548** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548)
11. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1548&version=20070AB154891ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1548 Solorio Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1548 Solorio By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1548 SOLORIO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Solorio — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-10** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 24. Page 2047.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2007-07-03** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-20** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-08-01** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2522.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 3331.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m.
- **2007-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 574, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1773144-f533-4876-88ef-d870656f665a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).