---
type: "Bill"
title: "Graduation requirements: career technical education."
description: "Existing law prohibits a pupil from receiving a diploma of graduation from high school unless he or she completes specified requirements, including, but not limited to, completing one course in visual or performing arts or foreign language."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1330"
citation: "California AB 1330 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Graduation requirements: career technical education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Furutani"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbcc439d-045b-42a8-9f69-cedb7d5c9473"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330"
source_hash: "10c1219dd77c03b74cf4af0858cef6ae0cea7691f62e4329311cd21a60d36d75"
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 1330 (20112012) — Graduation requirements: career technical education.

Existing law prohibits a pupil from receiving a diploma of graduation from high school unless he or she completes specified requirements, including, but not limited to, completing one course in visual or performing arts or foreign language.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133099INT)
2. **05/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133098AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133097AMD)
4. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133096AMD)
5. **07/06/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133095AMD)
6. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133094AMD)
7. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133093AMD)
8. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133092AMD)
9. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133090CHP)
10. **AB1330** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330)
11. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1330&version=20110AB133091ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1330 Furutani By Hancock — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1330 FURUTANI Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1330 FURUTANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Furutani — primary (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1815.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2362.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3097.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 621, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbcc439d-045b-42a8-9f69-cedb7d5c9473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).