republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2049.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public schools: children of military families."
description: "Public schools: children of military families."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2049"
citation: "California AB 2049 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public schools: children of military families."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Saldana"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-19"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4c38069-75a2-4ae4-84cc-da73309a3a09"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049"
source_hash: "eb7786e4e62407bee14cedab993a98f2d76ca815bec057b8a8e3888dede72d61"
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 2049 (20072008) — Public schools: children of military families.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049&version=20070AB204999INT)
2. **04/09/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049&version=20070AB204998AMD)
3. **06/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049&version=20070AB204997AMD)
4. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049&version=20070AB204996AMD)
5. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049&version=20070AB204995AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049&version=20070AB204993CHP)
7. **AB2049** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049)
8. **08/22/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2049&version=20070AB204994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business and Professions. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2049 SALDANA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2049 SALDANA Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2049 Saldana Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Saldana — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5058.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held without recommendation.
- **2008-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** Place on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5053.) `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** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6646.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 589, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4c38069-75a2-4ae4-84cc-da73309a3a09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).