--- type: "Bill" title: "Teacher credentialing." description: "Existing law establishes minimum requirements for the issuance of a preliminary multiple or single subject teaching credential by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Among other requirements, existing law requires satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation accredited by the Committee on Accreditation, but specifies that the program shall not include more than one year, or the equivalent of 15 of a 5-year program, of professional preparation." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 5" citation: "California SB 5 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Teacher credentialing."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2012-12-03" last_action: "2013-08-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5efb233-db7f-49da-9af5-c3b799c76496" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB5" source_hash: "d0f40a4e6f7f5c44be14ad0d93a0b8e1554b3fd40681b173968fe740f17ccf43" 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 5 (20132014) — Teacher credentialing. Existing law establishes minimum requirements for the issuance of a preliminary multiple or single subject teaching credential by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Among other requirements, existing law requires satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation accredited by the Committee on Accreditation, but specifies that the program shall not include more than one year, or the equivalent of 15 of a 5-year program, of professional preparation. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB5&version=20130SB599INT) 2. **04/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB5&version=20130SB598AMD) 3. **08/08/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB5&version=20130SB597AMD) 4. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB5&version=20130SB595CHP) 5. **SB5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB5) 6. **08/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB5&version=20130SB596ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper - SB 5 Padilla Senate Third Reading By BUCHANAN — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB5 Padilla Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Padilla — primary (person) - Block — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2012-12-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction` - **2012-12-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3. - **2013-01-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 24. - **2013-04-11** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2013-04-12** Set for hearing May 1. - **2013-04-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 785.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13. - **2013-05-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage` - **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 948.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2013-05-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage` - **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2013-08-05** From consent calendar. - **2013-08-05** Ordered to third reading. - **2013-08-08** Read third time and amended. (Page 2480.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2013-08-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2013-08-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2509.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2013-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2013-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1853.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2013-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m. - **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 171, Statutes of 2013. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5efb233-db7f-49da-9af5-c3b799c76496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).