republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1781.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instructional materials: funding."
description: "Instructional materials: funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1781"
citation: "California AB 1781 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Instructional materials: funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2002-01-10"
last_action: "2002-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cf6a456-670e-4de0-bc0f-c363d91806bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781"
source_hash: "f5fea100f503c75d38e7c473e05ca64c163737d03c2dbcc97526279285a0b5e8"
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 1781 (20012002) — Instructional materials: funding.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178199INT)
2. **03/21/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178198AMD)
3. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178197AMD)
4. **05/24/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178196AMD)
5. **05/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178195AMD)
6. **06/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178194AMD)
7. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178193AMD)
8. **08/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178192AMD)
9. **09/23/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178190CHP)
10. **AB1781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781)
11. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1781&version=20010AB178191ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1781 Hertzberg By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1781 Hertzberg 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. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1781 Hertzberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Matthews — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Rod Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Salinas — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 802, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 8513.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 5896.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-08-12** 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, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-27** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2002-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 6626.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 7.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6cf6a456-670e-4de0-bc0f-c363d91806bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).