---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instructional materials."
description: "Existing law states the Legislature's intent that each local educational agency provide each pupil with standards-aligned textbooks or instructional materials from the same adoption, consistent with specified provisions of law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 509"
citation: "California SB 509 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Instructional materials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29ce513c-dc7f-4c0f-8a8e-29559c78824b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB509"
source_hash: "59df2a4ff1733d38e9d41f794a120984e06259bf5f4df58c89e2f9f728070bc3"
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 SB 509 (20112012) — Instructional materials.

Existing law states the Legislature's intent that each local educational agency provide each pupil with standards-aligned textbooks or instructional materials from the same adoption, consistent with specified provisions of law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB509&version=20110SB50999INT)
2. **04/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB509&version=20110SB50998AMD)
3. **05/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB509&version=20110SB50997AMD)
4. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB509&version=20110SB50996AMD)
5. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB509&version=20110SB50994CHP)
6. **SB509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB509)
7. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB509&version=20110SB50995ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB509 Price Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 509 Price Senate Third Reading By ALEJO Amend By ALEJO Set #1 — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 509 Price Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2011-03-31** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2011-04-11** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-12** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-27** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2011-05-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 949.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1170.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2817.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2983.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2413.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 629, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29ce513c-dc7f-4c0f-8a8e-29559c78824b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).