---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing: applications: child abuse reporting."
description: "Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards and procedures for the initial issuance and renewal of teaching credentials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2560"
citation: "California AB 2560 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing: applications: child abuse reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db5eee7a-ab11-40a3-a067-70535f77522b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2560"
source_hash: "fefbb424fe699210cae333ed0abfb80cc38062f0fd157d350406973cdb0035a8"
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 2560 (20132014) — Teacher credentialing: applications: child abuse reporting.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards and procedures for the initial issuance and renewal of teaching credentials.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2560&version=20130AB256099INT)
2. **03/26/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2560&version=20130AB256098AMD)
3. **04/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2560&version=20130AB256097AMD)
4. **07/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2560&version=20130AB256095CHP)
5. **AB2560** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2560)
6. **06/30/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2560&version=20130AB256096ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2560 BONILLA Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4851.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4144.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **2014-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 110, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db5eee7a-ab11-40a3-a067-70535f77522b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).