---
type: "Bill"
title: "School attendance: early and middle college high schools."
description: "Existing law provides that the minimum schoolday in any high school is 240 minutes, except for, among other entities, an evening high school, a regional occupational center, or a continuation high school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1316"
citation: "California SB 1316 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School attendance: early and middle college high schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8fc1fca-2f36-4394-9304-93db998c7447"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1316"
source_hash: "a4c2839b5ec249868eff370c803876bf70100956beb59696b439feef166e3ead"
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 1316 (20112012) — School attendance: early and middle college high schools.

Existing law provides that the minimum schoolday in any high school is 240 minutes, except for, among other entities, an evening high school, a regional occupational center, or a continuation high school.

## 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=201120120SB1316&version=20110SB131699INT)
2. **04/10/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1316&version=20110SB131698AMD)
3. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1316&version=20110SB131697AMD)
4. **07/09/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1316&version=20110SB131695CHP)
5. **SB1316** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1316)
6. **06/26/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1316&version=20110SB131696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1316 Hancock Senate Third Reading By CARTER — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-16** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2012-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3034.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Ordered to second reading.
- **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3403.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5420.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-25** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 67, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8fc1fca-2f36-4394-9304-93db998c7447`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).