---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: financial literacy."
description: "Existing law requires a school district, as part of its adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including, among others, social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 166"
citation: "California AB 166 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: financial literacy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-01-23"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e38e69f8-0d93-4da4-9cea-0c0dd0586d10"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB166"
source_hash: "530c86249b523c9b692dbe55e159d0fb7dfa31b0d0294f1e8e2d1f99bf2e1fcf"
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 166 (20132014) — Pupil instruction: financial literacy.

Existing law requires a school district, as part of its adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer courses in specified areas of study, including, among others, social sciences, drawing upon the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB166&version=20130AB16699INT)
2. **03/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB166&version=20130AB16698AMD)
3. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB166&version=20130AB16697AMD)
4. **06/05/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB166&version=20130AB16696AMD)
5. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB166&version=20130AB16694CHP)
6. **AB166** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB166)
7. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB166&version=20130AB16695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 166 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB166 Roger Hernández By Lieu — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 166 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Ian Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — principal coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2013-01-31** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-01** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 918.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-05** 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1691.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2461.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 135, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e38e69f8-0d93-4da4-9cea-0c0dd0586d10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).