republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-597.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Career technical education: Web site pages."
description: "Career technical education: Web site pages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 597"
citation: "California AB 597 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Career technical education: Web site pages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/789ff302-b00d-4a8c-a461-47774fee9049"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB597"
source_hash: "ce80ba6727fd1b79ff7781fd8fe3ad49de40a3d3650e13947c4d213ebbb5d665"
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 597 (20072008) — Career technical education: Web site pages.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB597&version=20070AB59799INT)
2. **03/27/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB597&version=20070AB59798AMD)
3. **04/19/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB597&version=20070AB59797AMD)
4. **06/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB597&version=20070AB59796AMD)
5. **10/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB597&version=20070AB59794CHP)
6. **AB597** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB597)
7. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB597&version=20070AB59795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 597 ED. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By HANCOCK — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 597 ED. Assembly Third Reading By MULLIN — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB597 Committee on ED. (Mullin) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1525.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1726.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-19** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2007-07-20** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2007-09-04** Ordered returned to Assembly.
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly.
- **2007-09-04** Ordered returned to unfinished business file.
- **2007-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2956.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 529, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/789ff302-b00d-4a8c-a461-47774fee9049`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).