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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Foreign language education: world language."
+description: "Existing law refers to the study of a language other than English by pupils as the study of a foreign language. Existing law refers to the term \"foreign language\" in various provisions of the Education Code."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 2319"
+citation: "California AB 2319 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Foreign language education: world language."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-02-13"
+last_action: "2018-09-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97987c99-e392-485a-ac17-6fb7c332d823"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2319"
+source_hash: "53df79c5e8c11a8e870779c017f23791c1ac2a17fea9cf7621d9ca0a656fcb68"
+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 2319 (20172018) — Foreign language education: world language.
+
+Existing law refers to the study of a language other than English by pupils as the study of a foreign language. Existing law refers to the term "foreign language" in various provisions of the Education Code.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2319&version=20170AB231999INT)
+2. **08/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2319&version=20170AB231998AMD)
+3. **09/28/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2319&version=20170AB231996CHP)
+4. **AB2319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2319)
+5. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2319&version=20170AB231997ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 2319 NAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB2319 Nazarian By McGuire — **38–1** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2319 NAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–2** (pass) · lower
+- 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
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nazarian — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
+- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4645.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2018-04-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-06-28** From Consent Calendar.
+- **2018-06-28** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Allen.
+- **2018-08-21** From inactive file.
+- **2018-08-21** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2018-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2018-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 5889.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
+- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 6890.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2018-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 865, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97987c99-e392-485a-ac17-6fb7c332d823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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