---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Mathematics Placement Act of 2015."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to provide instruction to pupils."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 359"
citation: "California SB 359 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Mathematics Placement Act of 2015."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/324ab6c4-1dc6-449e-af21-e13b068b9afc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359"
source_hash: "35a81ae6f9d36006b7806bb4e1b7924c0c0b0dc35b579afa39b20524fcd4faa2"
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 359 (20152016) — California Mathematics Placement Act of 2015.

(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to provide instruction to pupils.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35999INT)
2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35998AMD)
3. **04/23/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35997AMD)
4. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35996AMD)
5. **06/24/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35995AMD)
6. **07/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35994AMD)
7. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35993AMD)
8. **08/28/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35992AMD)
9. **10/05/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35990CHP)
10. **SB359** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359)
11. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB359&version=20150SB35991ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 359 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB359 Mitchell Concurrence — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mitchell — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-20** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2015-03-26** April 8 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-02** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 647.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-01** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-06-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1152.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1325.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-01** July 1 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2852.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 1. Page 2504.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 508, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/324ab6c4-1dc6-449e-af21-e13b068b9afc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).