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AB 359 — High school exit examination: intensive instruction and services.
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 2007-2008 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 09/05/08 - Enrolled Current pdf September 05, 2008
- Amended 08/26/08 - Amended Senate pdf August 26, 2008
- Amended 08/20/08 - Amended Senate pdf August 20, 2008
- Amended 08/14/08 - Amended Senate pdf August 14, 2008
- Amended 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly pdf June 01, 2007
- Introduced 02/14/07 - Introduced pdf February 14, 2007
- AB359 View text html
Action History
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Vetoed by Governor.
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Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6995.)
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 5403.)
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Read second time, amended, and to third reading.
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From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended.
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Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
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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 0.) .
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Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 5090.)
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Joint Rule 61(b)(15) suspended. (Page 5090.)
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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.
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In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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Referred to Standing Committee on Education.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment.
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Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 5. Page 2023.)
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Read second time. To third reading.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (May 31). 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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From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 27).
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Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education.
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From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Karnette · Primary
- Nava · Cosponsor
- Torlakson · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Karnette
Co-sponsors (2)
- Nava
- Torlakson
Not signed on (119)
119 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 119 →"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 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 83 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 97% | 0% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (86)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Aghazarian | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Dymally | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Houston | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Keene | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Lieber | — | Yea |
| Maze | — | Yea |
| Nakanishi | — | Yea |
| Nunez | — | Yea |
| Parra | — | Yea |
| Plescia | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Spitzer | — | Yea |
| Sharon | — | Not Voting |
| Runner | — | Not Voting |
| Soto | — | Not Voting |
| Duvall | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| La Malfa | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 35 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 7% | 0% | 7% |
How each member voted (41)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Perata | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Ackerman | — | Nay |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| McClintock | — | Nay |
| Migden | — | Not Voting |
| Vincent | — | Not Voting |
| Corbett | — | Not Voting |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Kuehl | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Margett | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Not Voting |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 70 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 79 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 92% | 7% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (86)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Aghazarian | — | Yea |
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Dymally | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Houston | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Keene | — | Yea |
| Lieber | — | Yea |
| Maze | — | Yea |
| Nakanishi | — | Yea |
| Parra | — | Yea |
| Plescia | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Sharon | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Spitzer | — | Yea |
| Nunez | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Gaines | — | Nay |
| La | — | Nay |
| Malfa | — | Nay |
| Soto | — | Not Voting |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Nay |
| Duvall | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Nay |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Nay |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Garcia, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Richardson, Laura | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 74% | 26% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (19)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Nakanishi | — | Yea |
| La | — | Nay |
| Malfa | — | Nay |
| Sharon | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Nay |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
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- AB 359 is sponsored by Karnette, Nava, and Torlakson.
- What is the current status of AB 359?
- This bill died with 2007-2008 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.
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