republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-519.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance."
description: "Education finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 519"
citation: "California AB 519 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Education finance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a0adb69-2997-4302-924f-44fb7be7911c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519"
source_hash: "f8928489d8efc8743c8f246d9aa074e7740eb3357a94aa53a7d5d6506660ae7f"
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 519 (20072008) — Education finance.

## 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=200720080AB519&version=20070AB51999INT)
2. **04/24/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519&version=20070AB51998AMD)
3. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519&version=20070AB51996AMD)
4. **08/22/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519&version=20070AB51995AMD)
5. **09/07/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519&version=20070AB51997AMD)
6. **09/15/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519&version=20070AB51994AMD)
7. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519&version=20070AB51992CHP)
8. **AB519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519)
9. **09/17/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB519&version=20070AB51993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 519 BUDGET Concurrence- Urgency Added By LAIRD — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 519 MENDOZA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB519 Portantino — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — 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. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `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: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 31. Page 1801.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** 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 Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-09** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2007-09-07** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2007-09-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-10** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2007-09-10** (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2541.)
- **2007-09-11** To inactive file on motion of Senator Romero.
- **2008-08-12** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **2008-08-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). (Page 4974.). `referral-committee`
- **2008-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-29** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2008-08-29** Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee with author's amendments and whereby the bill was read second time, amended, and re-referred to committee. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-29** To third reading.
- **2008-08-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-09-15** Joint Rule [*FIELD 1*] suspended. [*FIELD 2*]
- **2008-09-15** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file.
- **2008-09-15** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-15** Senate Rule [*FIELD 1*] suspended.
- **2008-09-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5586.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-09-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2008-09-16** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 7. Page 7227.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 757, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a0adb69-2997-4302-924f-44fb7be7911c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).