---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue single subject teaching credentials only in specific subjects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 916"
citation: "California SB 916 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-01-27"
last_action: "2016-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09075fd0-9a7e-4203-8ba3-9f45f77b55b8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB916"
source_hash: "035b28d14a1b5b2af41764fa98bf3de132eada42e86a3c3b05f6a605dc408766"
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 916 (20152016) — Teacher credentialing.

Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue single subject teaching credentials only in specific subjects.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB916&version=20150SB91699INT)
2. **04/27/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB916&version=20150SB91698AMD)
3. **08/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB916&version=20150SB91697AMD)
4. **09/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB916&version=20150SB91695CHP)
5. **SB916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB916)
6. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB916&version=20150SB91696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 916 Allen Senate Third Reading By O'DONNELL — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- O’Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Vidak — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-27** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-28** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-25** Set for hearing March 9.
- **2016-03-02** March 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2016-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3607.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2016-05-02** May 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-05-11** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2016-05-16** May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3999.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4062.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** June 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5917.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5429.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 652, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09075fd0-9a7e-4203-8ba3-9f45f77b55b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).