AB 97 is sponsored by Nation, Parra, Berg, Plescia, Benoit, Denham, and Wyland.

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California 2003-2004 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 97 — Public schools.

Last action March 05, 2004 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 21, Statutes of 2004.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2003. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
7 sponsors

1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 11 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

Chaptered 03/05/04 - Chaptered Current pdf March 05, 2004
Enrolled 02/24/04 - Enrolled pdf February 24, 2004
Amended 02/09/04 - Amended Senate pdf February 09, 2004
Amended 01/22/04 - Amended Senate pdf January 22, 2004
Amended 09/08/03 - Amended Senate pdf September 08, 2003
Amended 08/20/03 - Amended Senate pdf August 20, 2003
Amended 08/18/03 - Amended Senate pdf August 18, 2003
Amended 07/08/03 - Amended Senate pdf July 08, 2003
Amended 06/11/03 - Amended Senate pdf June 11, 2003
Amended 05/28/03 - Amended Senate pdf May 28, 2003
Amended 05/13/03 - Amended Senate pdf May 13, 2003
Amended 03/03/03 - Amended Assembly pdf March 03, 2003
Enrolled 01/08/03 - Enrolled pdf January 08, 2003
Introduced 01/08/03 - Introduced pdf January 08, 2003
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Action History

March 05, 2004
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 21, Statutes of 2004.
March 04, 2004
Approved by the Governor.
February 26, 2004
Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
February 24, 2004
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4663.)
February 17, 2004
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2931.)
February 17, 2004
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after February 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
February 10, 2004
Read second time. To third reading.
February 09, 2004
Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time and amended. To second reading.
February 05, 2004
Ordered returned to Senate.
February 05, 2004
In Senate. Held at Desk.
January 29, 2004
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after January 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
January 28, 2004
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2854.)
January 26, 2004
Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
January 22, 2004
Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time and amended. To second reading.
January 15, 2004
Ordered returned to Senate.
January 15, 2004
In Senate. Held at Desk.
September 12, 2003
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
September 10, 2003
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2477.)
September 08, 2003
In Senate. Action rescinded whereby urgency clause was adopted, bill read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading.
September 05, 2003
Ordered returned to Senate.
September 04, 2003
From committee: Without recommendation. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 4).
August 28, 2003
From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
August 25, 2003
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2121.)
August 25, 2003
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
August 21, 2003
Read second time. To third reading.
August 20, 2003
Read third time, amended. To second reading.
August 19, 2003
Read second time. To third reading.
August 18, 2003
Read third time, amended. To second reading.
July 16, 2003
Read second time. To third reading.
July 15, 2003
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.).
July 08, 2003
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.
June 12, 2003
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
June 11, 2003
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.
May 28, 2003
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
May 27, 2003
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.).
May 13, 2003
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.
May 08, 2003
Referred to Standing Committee on Education.
April 10, 2003
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1036.)
April 10, 2003
In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.
April 07, 2003
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
April 03, 2003
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 2).
March 12, 2003
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 5).
March 04, 2003
Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education.
March 03, 2003
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended.
January 16, 2003
Referred to Standing Committee on Education.
January 09, 2003
From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
January 08, 2003
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Nation

Co-sponsors (6)

Parra
Berg
Plescia
Benoit
Denham
Wyland

Not signed on (115)

115 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ab 97 nation concurrence in senate amendments

February 24, 2004

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 9 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	72	0	0	7
Democratic	4	0	0	1
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	76	0	0	9
% of votes cast	89%	0%	0%	11%

How each member voted (85)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Bogh	—	Yea
Campbell	—	Yea
Canciamilla	—	Yea
Chan	—	Yea
Chavez	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daucher	—	Yea
Diaz	—	Yea
Dutra	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Firebaugh	—	Yea
Frommer	—	Yea
Garcia	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Shirley	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
Koretz	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Suer	—	Yea
Leslie	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Maddox	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Matthews	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
McCarthy	—	Yea
Montanez	—	Yea
Mountjoy	—	Yea
Nakanishi	—	Yea
Nakano	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Richman	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Salinas	—	Yea
Samuelian	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Bermudez	—	Not Voting
Jerome	—	Not Voting
Horton	—	Not Voting
Longville	—	Not Voting
Wesson	—	Not Voting
Maldonado	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Yea
Cox	—	Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Not Voting
Steinberg	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
La Malfa	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Not Voting
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Not Voting

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assembly 3rd reading ab97 nation by denham

February 17, 2004

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	35	0	0	4
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	36	0	0	4
% of votes cast	90%	0%	0%	10%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Cedillo	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Alarcon	—	Yea
Alpert	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Bowen	—	Yea
Brulte	—	Yea
Burton	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Dunn	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
McPherson	—	Yea
Morrow	—	Yea
Murray	—	Yea
Oller	—	Yea
Ortiz	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Soto	—	Yea
Speier	—	Yea
Vasconcellos	—	Yea
Vincent	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Not Voting
Figueroa	—	Not Voting
Margett	—	Not Voting
Perata	—	Not Voting
Romero	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

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special consent cale ab97 nation by denham

January 28, 2004

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	36	0	0	3
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	37	0	0	3
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Dunn	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Figueroa	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
Morrow	—	Yea
Murray	—	Yea
Oller	—	Yea
Ortiz	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Soto	—	Yea
Speier	—	Yea
Vasconcellos	—	Yea
Vincent	—	Yea
Brulte	—	Not Voting
Margett	—	Not Voting
McPherson	—	Not Voting
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Alarcon	—	Yea
Alpert	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Bowen	—	Yea
Burton	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

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special consent cale ab97 nation by denham

September 10, 2003

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	39	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Cedillo	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Alarcon	—	Yea
Alpert	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Bowen	—	Yea
Brulte	—	Yea
Burton	—	Yea
Dunn	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Figueroa	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Margett	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
McPherson	—	Yea
Morrow	—	Yea
Murray	—	Yea
Oller	—	Yea
Ortiz	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Soto	—	Yea
Speier	—	Yea
Vasconcellos	—	Yea
Vincent	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

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ab 97 nation special consent calendar 2nd day regular session

August 28, 2003

Passed 0 Yea · 0 Nay

Roll call published as PDF — view source.

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special consent #25 ab97 nation by denham

August 25, 2003

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	37	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	38	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (38)

Member	Party	Vote
Cedillo	—	Yea
Ackerman	—	Yea
Alarcon	—	Yea
Alpert	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Bowen	—	Yea
Brulte	—	Yea
Burton	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Dunn	—	Yea
Escutia	—	Yea
Figueroa	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Kuehl	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Margett	—	Yea
McClintock	—	Yea
McPherson	—	Yea
Murray	—	Yea
Oller	—	Yea
Ortiz	—	Yea
Perata	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Soto	—	Yea
Speier	—	Yea
Vasconcellos	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Ducheny	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

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Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	9	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
Alpert	—	Yea
Battin	—	Yea
Bowen	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
Machado	—	Yea
Poochigian	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Johnson, Natasha	Republican	Yea

Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

May 21, 2003

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	0	0	0
Total	11	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Denham	—	Yea
Alarcon	—	Yea
Alpert	—	Yea
Karnette	—	Yea
McPherson	—	Yea
Scott	—	Yea
Sher	—	Yea
Vasconcellos	—	Yea
Vincent	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea

Official roll call →

ab 97 nation consent calendar second day

April 10, 2003

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	71	0	0	6
Democratic	5	0	0	2
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	77	0	0	8
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

How each member voted (85)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Aghazarian	—	Yea
Berg	—	Yea
Bogh	—	Yea
Campbell	—	Yea
Canciamilla	—	Yea
Chavez	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Diaz	—	Yea
Dutra	—	Yea
Dymally	—	Yea
Firebaugh	—	Yea
Frommer	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Jerome	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Shirley	—	Yea
Horton	—	Yea
Houston	—	Yea
Keene	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
Koretz	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Malfa	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Suer	—	Yea
Leslie	—	Yea
Lieber	—	Yea
Longville	—	Yea
Maddox	—	Yea
Matthews	—	Yea
Maze	—	Yea
McCarthy	—	Yea
Montanez	—	Yea
Mountjoy	—	Yea
Nakanishi	—	Yea
Nakano	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Parra	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Richman	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Salinas	—	Yea
Samuelian	—	Yea
Spitzer	—	Yea
Wesson	—	Yea
Bermudez	—	Not Voting
Chan	—	Not Voting
Daucher	—	Not Voting
Kehoe	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Oropeza	—	Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Bates	—	Not Voting
Harman	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Correa	—	Not Voting
Cox	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Not Voting
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Not Voting
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	23	0	0	0
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Total	26	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

Member	Party	Vote
Berg	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Daucher	—	Yea
Diaz	—	Yea
Firebaugh	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Haynes	—	Yea
Yee	—	Yea
Nation	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Nunez	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Samuelian	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Wiggins	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Ridley-Thomas	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Pacheco, Blanca	Democratic	Yea

do pass as amended and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar.

March 05, 2003

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	12	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (12)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Cohn	—	Yea
Goldberg	—	Yea
Montanez	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Plescia	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Garcia, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 97?: AB 97 is sponsored by Nation, Parra, Berg, Plescia, Benoit, Denham, and Wyland.
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Identifier: AB 97
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2003-2004 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 08, 2003
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Nation

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