republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-47.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School finance: juvenile court schools and county community schools."
description: "School finance: juvenile court schools and county community schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 47"
citation: "California AB 47 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School finance: juvenile court schools and county community schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Simitian"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-12-04"
last_action: "2002-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/892653b6-2103-4aa0-b6b9-37f0911a20a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47"
source_hash: "13ee6edbcad87105358881cf32db079c7336253f1469a9120f94659ff8724e51"
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 47 (20012002) — School finance: juvenile court schools and county community schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47&version=20010AB4799INT)
2. **04/30/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47&version=20010AB4798AMD)
3. **05/09/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47&version=20010AB4797AMD)
4. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47&version=20010AB4796AMD)
5. **06/24/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47&version=20010AB4795AMD)
6. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47&version=20010AB4794AMD)
7. **09/13/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47&version=20010AB4792CHP)
8. **AB47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47)
9. **08/19/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB47&version=20010AB4793ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 47 Cardenas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 47 Simitian Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on place on Education suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB47 Simitian By Vasconcellos Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Simitian — primary (person)
- Diaz — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 519, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-19** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7722.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 5412.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** 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`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-24** 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`
- **2001-07-18** In committee: Held without recommendation.
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-06-20** In committee: Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 2122.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 2). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-30** 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`
- **2001-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2000-12-04** 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/892653b6-2103-4aa0-b6b9-37f0911a20a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).