---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standardized testing: valid identification."
description: "Existing law imposes various requirements on a test sponsor or test agency, as defined, with respect to the administration of standardized tests for purposes of postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 176"
citation: "California AB 176 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Standardized testing: valid identification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-24"
last_action: "2011-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ca7e72a-369a-40fe-b276-08cb063b92f5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB176"
source_hash: "b4fbcf5bc058f4726874172d56dfbcc1e4081ba18189d062b51132ee37c55b20"
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 176 (20112012) — Standardized testing: valid identification.

Existing law imposes various requirements on a test sponsor or test agency, as defined, with respect to the administration of standardized tests for purposes of postsecondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB176&version=20110AB17699INT)
2. **03/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB176&version=20110AB17698AMD)
3. **06/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB176&version=20110AB17697AMD)
4. **07/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB176&version=20110AB17695CHP)
5. **AB176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB176)
6. **06/21/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB176&version=20110AB17696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB176 Lara By Lowenthal — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 176 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **58–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 176 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2011-02-03** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-03-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 2. Page 975.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 1444.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-06-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 10. Page 1997.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-23** Measure version as enrolled on June 20 corrected. `executive-receipt`
- **2011-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:55 a.m.
- **2011-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ca7e72a-369a-40fe-b276-08cb063b92f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).