republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2040.md

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Bill	High school exit examination.	High school exit examination.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2040	California AB 2040 (20072008)	bill	High school exit examination.	enacted	Nunez	6	21	8	2008-02-15	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/b0bb98c9-d3aa-4b64-81b1-56899fd25add	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2040	3ac0338274c4db1a2cb9e0d1dff71f27d219aedc8b437e86baf081328c84eb72	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2040 (20072008) — High school exit examination.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/04/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/12/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2040 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2040 NUNEZ Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2040 Nunez By Romero — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2040 NUNEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Nunez — primary (person)
• Brownley — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Silva — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2008-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2008-02-28 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2008-04-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2008-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable
• 2008-05-27 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 5366.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-06-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2008-06-18 Place on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
• 2008-06-26 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 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
• 2008-08-04 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2008-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-12 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-14 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5035.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 63. Noes 14. Page 6593.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 666, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0bb98c9-d3aa-4b64-81b1-56899fd25add. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).