republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1559.md

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Bill	Public postsecondary education: community college registered nursing programs.	Public postsecondary education: community college registered nursing programs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 1559	California AB 1559 (20072008)	bill	Public postsecondary education: community college registered nursing programs.	enacted	Berryhill	9	30	9	2007-02-23	2007-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/0cbb8b80-4bb8-48d3-9f72-f3dd81e13757	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1559	8ee141fbf4ebcad8fabec7dd0e897a0dfc3664477fe319e9b9b4538086787988	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1559 (20072008) — Public postsecondary education: community college registered nursing programs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/18/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/14/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1559 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/17/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1559 BERRYHILL Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — fail (fail) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1559 Berryhill By Scott — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1559 BERRYHILL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berryhill — primary (person)
• Adams — coauthor (person)
• Anderson — coauthor (person)
• Benoit — coauthor (person)
• Blakeslee — coauthor (person)
• DeVore — coauthor (person)
• Gaines — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Houston — coauthor (person)
• Maze — coauthor (person)
• Nakanishi — coauthor (person)
• Scott — principal coauthor (person)
• Silva — coauthor (person)
• Smyth — coauthor (person)
• Strickland — coauthor (person)
• Tran — coauthor (person)
• Villines — 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
• 2007-04-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. referral-committee
• 2007-04-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2007-04-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. referral-committee
• 2007-04-24 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 17). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-04-26 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2007-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-05-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-05-21 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 1570.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2007-06-20 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
• 2007-06-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
• 2007-07-17 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-07-18 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2007-08-20 In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
• 2007-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2007-08-28 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-08-29 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2007-08-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-09-07 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2458.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2007-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3250.)
• 2007-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 14. Page 3255.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-21 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2007-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 712, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0cbb8b80-4bb8-48d3-9f72-f3dd81e13757. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).