---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing: spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces: expedited application process."
description: "Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 226"
citation: "California AB 226 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing: spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces: expedited application process."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6506372-cbdf-456f-b8aa-9c5e36178b11"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB226"
source_hash: "fc79f866f05d340fe45b79cc293a04b6e7a8ff95dd3f4325ff0d38c0a857974d"
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 226 (20172018) — Teacher credentialing: spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces: expedited application process.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB226&version=20170AB22699INT)
2. **03/14/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB226&version=20170AB22698AMD)
3. **06/14/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB226&version=20170AB22697AMD)
4. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB226&version=20170AB22695CHP)
5. **AB226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB226)
6. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB226&version=20170AB22696ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB226 Cervantes et al. By Galgiani — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 226 CERVANTES Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 226 CERVANTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)
- Chávez — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** 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`
- **2017-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1142.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-06-26** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2695.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)
- **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3278.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6506372-cbdf-456f-b8aa-9c5e36178b11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).