republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-2855.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Career technical education: partnership academies: green technology and goods movement."
description: "Career technical education: partnership academies: green technology and goods movement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2855"
citation: "California AB 2855 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Career technical education: partnership academies: green technology and goods movement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b611141-8019-4fbb-a665-a80aeae9ed07"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855"
source_hash: "16e5e877677f04ba6ed80272dff6f26c0051d98e893ed82ffd4be77bd8dff8b2"
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 2855 (20072008) — Career technical education: partnership academies: green technology and goods movement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855&version=20070AB285599INT)
2. **04/09/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855&version=20070AB285598AMD)
3. **06/19/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855&version=20070AB285597AMD)
4. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855&version=20070AB285596AMD)
5. **08/13/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855&version=20070AB285595AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855&version=20070AB285593CHP)
7. **AB2855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855)
8. **09/05/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2855&version=20070AB285594ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2855 Hancock By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2855 HANCOCK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2855 HANCOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** 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 57. Noes 21. Page 5396.) `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 and Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Quality. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) . `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: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 5358.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6955.)
- **2008-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 7001.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 685, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b611141-8019-4fbb-a665-a80aeae9ed07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).