republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-622.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "High school equivalency certificates: confined persons."
description: "High school equivalency certificates: confined persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 622"
citation: "California AB 622 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High school equivalency certificates: confined persons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/935994e7-3172-4dc0-82c3-aed99375b796"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB622"
source_hash: "fa9fecd256dd6b5c6edaeccaf84a964ad023200979178f3156db40e2a0f94eff"
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 622 (20072008) — High school equivalency certificates: confined persons.

## 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=200720080AB622&version=20070AB62299INT)
2. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB622&version=20070AB62298AMD)
3. **07/11/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB622&version=20070AB62297AMD)
4. **07/19/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB622&version=20070AB62296AMD)
5. **10/05/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB622&version=20070AB62294CHP)
6. **AB622** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB622)
7. **09/06/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB622&version=20070AB62295ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #16 AB622 Mullin By Steinberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 622 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 622 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mullin — 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.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1929.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-11** 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`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2174.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2871.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/935994e7-3172-4dc0-82c3-aed99375b796`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).