---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: braille instructional aide: notice of teacher credentialing programs."
description: "Existing law authorizes a local educational agency to reinforce braille instruction using a braille instructional aide who meets specified criteria under the supervision of a teacher who holds an appropriate credential to teach pupils who are functionally blind or visually impaired. Existing law requires a local educational agency to provide a braille instructional aide with information regarding certain teacher credentialing programs, including the Wildman-Keeley-Solis Exemplary Teacher Training Act of 1997 and the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 497"
citation: "California AB 497 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education", "braille instructional aide", "notice of teacher credentialing programs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/580b05d4-d49f-449e-968b-0e8e676f436d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497"
source_hash: "1c8e7301d333f7538abc51d8b6fef6254a9a77edae1ec2c149f2b850368df5ae"
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 497 (20232024) — Special education: braille instructional aide: notice of teacher credentialing programs.

Existing law authorizes a local educational agency to reinforce braille instruction using a braille instructional aide who meets specified criteria under the supervision of a teacher who holds an appropriate credential to teach pupils who are functionally blind or visually impaired. Existing law requires a local educational agency to provide a braille instructional aide with information regarding certain teacher credentialing programs, including the Wildman-Keeley-Solis Exemplary Teacher Training Act of 1997 and the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497&version=20230AB49799INT)
2. **06/29/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497&version=20230AB49797CHP)
3. **AB497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497)
4. **06/16/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497&version=20230AB49798ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB497 Quirk-Silva — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 497 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** 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, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1363.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1574.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-15** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/580b05d4-d49f-449e-968b-0e8e676f436d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).