---
type: "Bill"
title: "High school graduation requirements: pupils in foster care."
description: "Existing law requires a pupil to complete specified courses while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. 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: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 216"
citation: "California AB 216 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High school graduation requirements: pupils in foster care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-01-31"
last_action: "2013-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0b2e64f-a0e8-4b5c-b5ab-92e4b84f5d2a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB216"
source_hash: "9dba997cba82db26e3236e880ea4e3729b8d2e9aa24cdcbf65084ef1aacb7aee"
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 216 (20132014) — High school graduation requirements: pupils in foster care.

Existing law requires a pupil to complete specified courses while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school. 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. **01/31/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB216&version=20130AB21699INT)
2. **06/05/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB216&version=20130AB21698AMD)
3. **06/19/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB216&version=20130AB21697AMD)
4. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB216&version=20130AB21696AMD)
5. **09/23/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB216&version=20130AB21694CHP)
6. **AB216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB216)
7. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB216&version=20130AB21695ENR)

## Votes

- AB 216 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 216 STONE Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stone — primary (person)
- Maienschein — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1007.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-29** 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`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2235.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3093.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-17** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 324, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0b2e64f-a0e8-4b5c-b5ab-92e4b84f5d2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).