--- type: "Bill" title: "High school graduation: local requirements: foster children." description: "(1) Existing law prescribes the course of study a pupil is required to complete while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to adopt rules specifying additional coursework requirements." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 167" citation: "California AB 167 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["High school graduation: local requirements: foster children."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Adams"] version_count: 7 action_count: 24 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2009-01-28" last_action: "2009-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50b25696-5391-4ac1-8fa5-e6a4d44aa6de" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB167" source_hash: "dcd3f9cd3551a4eb93c00cd5cf017c3b6eafaaa3a86dbd861016e4ab8b21eba9" 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 167 (20092010) — High school graduation: local requirements: foster children. (1) Existing law prescribes the course of study a pupil is required to complete while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to adopt rules specifying additional coursework requirements. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/28/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB167&version=20090AB16799INT) 2. **03/25/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB167&version=20090AB16798AMD) 3. **06/03/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB167&version=20090AB16797AMD) 4. **06/17/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB167&version=20090AB16796AMD) 5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB167&version=20090AB16794CHP) 6. **AB167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB167) 7. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB167&version=20090AB16795ENR) ## Votes - AB 167 ADAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 167 ADAMS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower - Assembly 3rd Reading AB167 Adams By Huff — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Adams — primary (person) - Alquist — coauthor (person) - Liu — coauthor (person) - Romero — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2009-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2009-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28. - **2009-02-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2009-03-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2009-03-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **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` - **2009-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1239.) `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` - **2009-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2009-06-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2009-06-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-06-29** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. - **2009-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-08-31** (received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11)) - **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 2114.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3091.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m. - **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2009. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50b25696-5391-4ac1-8fa5-e6a4d44aa6de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).