---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing: specialist credential: pupils with autism."
description: "Teacher credentialing: specialist credential: pupils with autism."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2302"
citation: "California AB 2302 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing: specialist credential: pupils with autism."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c867093-f860-4729-81ec-2f95e516b80b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2302"
source_hash: "1a1644103b06c978899c6e7ebfa47a2e3e6dec81b3fc6895290d66bfa8afa006"
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 2302 (20072008) — Teacher credentialing: specialist credential: pupils with autism.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2302&version=20070AB230299INT)
2. **03/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2302&version=20070AB230298AMD)
3. **04/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2302&version=20070AB230297AMD)
4. **06/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2302&version=20070AB230295CHP)
5. **AB2302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2302)
6. **06/19/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2302&version=20070AB230296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2302 BASS Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2302 Bass — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Feuer — author (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — principal coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Nava — coauthor (person)
- Salas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-23** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4931.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-06-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4299.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-06-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2008-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 41, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c867093-f860-4729-81ec-2f95e516b80b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).