AB 59 — California Commission for the Preservation of African-American History, Culture, and Institutions.
Last action — Vetoed by Governor.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Assembly
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✓Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2003-2004 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
- Enrolled 08/24/04 - Enrolled Current pdf August 24, 2004
- Amended 08/17/04 - Amended Senate pdf August 17, 2004
- Amended 07/08/03 - Amended Senate pdf July 08, 2003
- Amended 06/02/03 - Amended Assembly pdf June 02, 2003
- Amended 04/21/03 - Amended Assembly pdf April 21, 2003
- Introduced 12/05/02 - Introduced pdf December 05, 2002
- AB59 View text html
Action History
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 7542.)
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Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 6. Page 5110.)
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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Read second time, amended, and to third reading.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.).
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
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In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
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Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.).
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In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.
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Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2174.)
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 19. Noes 5.) (May 28). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
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(Corrected April 23. )
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Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 8).
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Referred to Standing Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media.
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Read first time.
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From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
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Introduced. To print.
Sponsors
- Dymally · Primary
- Cohn · Cosponsor
- Jerome Horton · Cosponsor
- Leslie · Cosponsor
- Longville · Cosponsor
- Nakano · Cosponsor
- Strickland · Cosponsor
- Wesson · Cosponsor
- Vincent · Cosponsor
- Cedillo · Cosponsor
- Kehoe · Cosponsor
- Pavley · Cosponsor
- Ridley-Thomas · Cosponsor
- Eloise Gómez Reyes · Cosponsor
- La Malfa · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 14 co-sponsors · 107 not signed on · 2 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Dymally
Co-sponsors (14)
- Cohn
- Jerome Horton
- Leslie
- Longville
- Nakano
- Strickland
- Wesson
- Vincent
- Cedillo
- Kehoe
- Pavley
- Ridley-Thomas
- Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic
- La Malfa
Not signed on (107)
107 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 107 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 73 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 78 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 6% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (85)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Aghazarian | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Yea |
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Bermudez | — | Yea |
| Bogh | — | Yea |
| Canciamilla | — | Yea |
| Chan | — | Yea |
| Chavez | — | Yea |
| Cohn | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Daucher | — | Yea |
| Diaz | — | Yea |
| Dutra | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Dymally | — | Yea |
| Firebaugh | — | Yea |
| Frommer | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Yea |
| Goldberg | — | Yea |
| Jerome | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Shirley | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Houston | — | Yea |
| Keene | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Leslie | — | Yea |
| Lieber | — | Yea |
| Longville | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Maddox | — | Yea |
| Matthews | — | 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 |
| Wesson | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Vargas | — | Yea |
| Nunez | — | Yea |
| Campbell | — | Nay |
| Haynes | — | Nay |
| La | — | Nay |
| Suer | — | Nay |
| Maze | — | Nay |
| Koretz | — | Not Voting |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| La Malfa | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Pacheco, Blanca | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 22 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 56% | 15% | 0% | 28% |
How each member voted (39)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Alpert | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Yea |
| Bowen | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Not Voting |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| McPherson | — | Yea |
| Murray | — | Yea |
| Ortiz | — | Yea |
| Perata | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Sher | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Speier | — | Yea |
| Vasconcellos | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Ackerman | — | Nay |
| Brulte | — | Nay |
| McClintock | — | Nay |
| Alarcon | — | Not Voting |
| Dunn | — | Not Voting |
| Escutia | — | Not Voting |
| Figueroa | — | Not Voting |
| Kuehl | — | Not Voting |
| Margett | — | Not Voting |
| Morrow | — | Not Voting |
| Oller | — | Not Voting |
| Poochigian | — | Not Voting |
| Vincent | — | Not Voting |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Nay |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Johnson, Natasha | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 62% | 15% | 0% | 23% |
How each member voted (13)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alpert | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Yea |
| Bowen | — | Yea |
| Escutia | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Murray | — | Yea |
| Speier | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Not Voting |
| Poochigian | — | Not Voting |
| Aanestad | — | Nay |
| Ashburn | — | Not Voting |
| Johnson, Natasha | Republican | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (12)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Alpert | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Yea |
| Escutia | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Murray | — | Yea |
| Poochigian | — | Yea |
| Speier | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Johnson, Natasha | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 11% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Yea |
| Dunn | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Murray | — | Yea |
| Soto | — | Yea |
| Vincent | — | Yea |
| Brulte | — | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 84 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 99% | 0% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (85)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Aghazarian | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Yea |
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Bermudez | — | Yea |
| Bogh | — | Yea |
| Campbell | — | Yea |
| Canciamilla | — | Yea |
| Chan | — | Yea |
| Chavez | — | Yea |
| Cohn | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Daucher | — | Yea |
| Diaz | — | Yea |
| Dutra | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Dymally | — | Yea |
| Firebaugh | — | Yea |
| Frommer | — | Yea |
| Goldberg | — | Yea |
| Haynes | — | Yea |
| Jerome | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Shirley | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Houston | — | Yea |
| Keene | — | 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 |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Richman | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Salinas | — | Yea |
| Samuelian | — | Yea |
| Spitzer | — | Yea |
| Wesson | — | Yea |
| Koretz | — | Not Voting |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Vargas | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Garcia, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Lowenthal, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Pacheco, Blanca | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 76% | 20% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (25)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Chan | — | Yea |
| Diaz | — | Yea |
| Firebaugh | — | Yea |
| Goldberg | — | Yea |
| Haynes | — | Yea |
| Nation | — | Yea |
| Nunez | — | Yea |
| Daucher | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Samuelian | — | Nay |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Nay |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Not Voting |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Pacheco, Blanca | Democratic | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (21)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bogh | — | Yea |
| Chavez | — | Yea |
| Cohn | — | Yea |
| Firebaugh | — | Yea |
| Frommer | — | Yea |
| Jerome | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Malfa | — | Yea |
| Leslie | — | Yea |
| Longville | — | Yea |
| Matthews | — | Yea |
| Nakano | — | Yea |
| Samuelian | — | Yea |
| Canciamilla | — | Not Voting |
| Richman | — | Not Voting |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- Who sponsors AB 59?
- AB 59 is sponsored by Dymally, Cohn, Jerome Horton, Leslie, Longville, Nakano, Strickland, Wesson, Vincent, Cedillo, Kehoe, Pavley, Ridley-Thomas, Reyes, Eloise Gómez (Democratic), and La Malfa.
- What is the current status of AB 59?
- This bill died with 2003-2004 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track AB 59?
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