republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010-special-session-4/ab-2.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools of each county, among other specified duties, to make annual visits to each school in his or her county to observe its operation and to learn of its problems. Existing law requires that the priority objective of those visits be the determination of whether each school has sufficient textbooks, as defined. Existing law states for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 fiscal years the intent of the Legislature that each pupil be provided with the same state-adopted standards-aligned textbook or instructional material as is provided to every other pupil enrolled in the same grade and same course offered by the local educational agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010 Special Session 4"
identifier: "AB 2"
citation: "California AB 2 (20092010 Special Session 4)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2009-07-02"
last_action: "2009-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd7ff20d-2905-413a-aceb-305120588c9a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB2"
source_hash: "648e459cde1bc73a96aefecb6ee9952522c1c378ff7d40de8ec1cf34a3e5d7ee"
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 2 (20092010 Special Session 4) — Education.

(1) Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools of each county, among other specified duties, to make annual visits to each school in his or her county to observe its operation and to learn of its problems. Existing law requires that the priority objective of those visits be the determination of whether each school has sufficient textbooks, as defined. Existing law states for the 2008–09 and 2009–10 fiscal years the intent of the Legislature that each pupil be provided with the same state-adopted standards-aligned textbook or instructional material as is provided to every other pupil enrolled in the same grade and same course offered by the local educational agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **07/02/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB2&version=20094AB299INT)
2. **07/23/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB2&version=20094AB298AMD)
3. **07/28/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB2&version=20094AB296CHP)
4. **AB2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB2)
5. **07/28/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920104AB2&version=20094AB297ENR)

## Votes

- AB2 EVANS Assembly Third Reading Fourth Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2 Evans Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB2 EVANS Concurrence- Urgency Added Fourth Extraordinary Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-07-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-07-06** From printer.
- **2009-07-06** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2009-07-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 2. Page 24.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-23** Joint Rule 10.5 suspended.
- **2009-07-23** (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 43.)
- **2009-07-23** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-07-23** (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 43.)
- **2009-07-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 65.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-07-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2009-07-24** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 79.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-07-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2009-07-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-07-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 2, Statutes of 2009-10 Fourth Extraordinary Session.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd7ff20d-2905-413a-aceb-305120588c9a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).