---
type: "Bill"
title: "Technology-based materials."
description: "Existing law defines specified terms used in provisions of law related to instructional materials, including technology-based materials. Existing law defines technology-based materials as basic or supplemental instructional materials that are designed as learning resources and that require the availability of electronic equipment in order to be used. However, the technology-based materials do not include the electronic equipment required to make use of those materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1398"
citation: "California AB 1398 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Technology-based materials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenfield"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee7817db-ab69-4192-b024-18a08063e945"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1398"
source_hash: "f502b0dc3b29335512749cb12829e60d538c2ef30089c13d0de64320e64de118"
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 1398 (20092010) — Technology-based materials.

Existing law defines specified terms used in provisions of law related to instructional materials, including technology-based materials. Existing law defines technology-based materials as basic or supplemental instructional materials that are designed as learning resources and that require the availability of electronic equipment in order to be used. However, the technology-based materials do not include the electronic equipment required to make use of those materials.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1398&version=20090AB139899INT)
2. **07/14/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1398&version=20090AB139898AMD)
3. **08/31/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1398&version=20090AB139897AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1398&version=20090AB139895CHP)
5. **AB1398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1398)
6. **09/11/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1398&version=20090AB139896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1398 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1398 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1398 Blumenfield By Ashburn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blumenfield — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Ashburn — principal coauthor (person)
- Denham — coauthor (person)
- Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-03-31** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1235.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-14** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-31** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 2166.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
- **2009-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3163.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee7817db-ab69-4192-b024-18a08063e945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).