republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1703.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Indian Education Act: California Indian Education Task Forces."
description: "Existing law provides for the establishment of California American Indian education centers by any tribal group or incorporated American Indian association to meet specified objectives, and further provides for the administration of grants, upon application, by the State Department of Education for those purposes in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law requires each center to annually submit specified data to the department that reflects each center's ability to meet its stated objectives and any other objectives chosen by the center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1703"
citation: "California AB 1703 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Indian Education Act: California Indian Education Task Forces."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77ec8322-4c75-469e-8099-103679f99944"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1703"
source_hash: "b9559c10f5e6ece2f90c104b44553d5a5124de40c70951c125d5638af8ed910f"
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 1703 (20212022) — California Indian Education Act: California Indian Education Task Forces.

Existing law provides for the establishment of California American Indian education centers by any tribal group or incorporated American Indian association to meet specified objectives, and further provides for the administration of grants, upon application, by the State Department of Education for those purposes in accordance with specified provisions. Existing law requires each center to annually submit specified data to the department that reflects each center's ability to meet its stated objectives and any other objectives chosen by the center.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1703&version=20210AB170399INT)
2. **06/06/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1703&version=20210AB170398AMD)
3. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1703&version=20210AB170397AMD)
4. **09/23/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1703&version=20210AB170395CHP)
5. **AB1703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1703)
6. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1703&version=20210AB170396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1703 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1703 Ramos et al. By Limón — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1703 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Bennett — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Durazo — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Villapudua — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4959.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4878.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5976.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 477, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77ec8322-4c75-469e-8099-103679f99944`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).