---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standardized testing: testing accommodations."
description: "Existing law imposes various requirements on a test sponsor or test agency, as defined, with respect to the administration of standardized tests for purposes of postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2122"
citation: "California AB 2122 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Standardized testing: testing accommodations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c351e94-fc7a-481e-969b-53b15b86a882"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122"
source_hash: "2a496cfbd74a8c39766958da2c1cc98bdc05b23cac185d6e732a7f8a201f78e0"
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 2122 (20112012) — Standardized testing: testing accommodations.

Existing law imposes various requirements on a test sponsor or test agency, as defined, with respect to the administration of standardized tests for purposes of postsecondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122&version=20110AB212299INT)
2. **03/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122&version=20110AB212298AMD)
3. **06/13/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122&version=20110AB212297AMD)
4. **06/26/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122&version=20110AB212296AMD)
5. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122&version=20110AB212295AMD)
6. **08/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122&version=20110AB212294AMD)
7. **09/26/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122&version=20110AB212292CHP)
8. **AB2122** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122)
9. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2122&version=20110AB212293ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2122 Lara By Evans — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 2122 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **65–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2122 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-03-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 6. Page 4452.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-13** 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`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-29** Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1,
- **2012-08-29** Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Page 4984.)
- **2012-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 5049.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2012-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 8. Page 6756.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 583, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c351e94-fc7a-481e-969b-53b15b86a882`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).