---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop, on or before June 30, 2020, a standardized English language teacher observation protocol for use by teachers in evaluating a pupil's English language proficiency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 98"
citation: "California SB 98 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25329380-fbe0-4d05-a79d-01d1e39c8b13"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB98"
source_hash: "ddc454a4e119e78718478d6858cc5ca23b217c9e38ee2027c8d0fe0cefa1d2b6"
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 98 (20192020) — Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill.

(1) Existing law requires the State Department of Education to develop, on or before June 30, 2020, a standardized English language teacher observation protocol for use by teachers in evaluating a pupil's English language proficiency.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB98&version=20190SB9899INT)
2. **06/22/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB98&version=20190SB9898AMD)
3. **06/23/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB98&version=20190SB9897AMD)
4. **06/29/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB98&version=20190SB9895CHP)
5. **SB98** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB98)
6. **06/29/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB98&version=20190SB9896ENR)

## Votes

- SB 98 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **57–17** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB98 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB98 B. & F.R. — **27–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 582.)
- **2019-04-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-04-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 670.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26** Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 4973.)
- **2020-06-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2020-06-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 4974.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 3892.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2020-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 24, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25329380-fbe0-4d05-a79d-01d1e39c8b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).