--- type: "Bill" title: "Standardized tests." description: "Existing law requires a test sponsor of a standardized test to provide test subjects materials for not fewer than 50% of regular test administrations, rounded to the nearest larger whole number." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "AB 1234" citation: "California AB 1234 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Standardized tests."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2019-02-21" last_action: "2019-09-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92d7cd21-d246-4be6-bdd0-0b050e1e229f" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234" source_hash: "88e1c90b77f943ca402a24c526cccddd115a3233d2e56208e461958d5be5a0dc" 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 1234 (20192020) — Standardized tests. Existing law requires a test sponsor of a standardized test to provide test subjects materials for not fewer than 50% of regular test administrations, rounded to the nearest larger whole number. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123499INT) 2. **04/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123498AMD) 3. **06/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123497AMD) 4. **08/15/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123496AMD) 5. **09/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123494CHP) 6. **AB1234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234) 7. **09/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123495ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1234 Patterson Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1234 Patterson et al. By Wilk — **39–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1234 Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar AB1234 — **40–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Patterson — primary (person) - Bates — coauthor (person) - Wilk — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24. - **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee` - **2019-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2019-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee` - **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1257.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2019-05-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2019-06-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1607.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2019-07-01** Ordered to the Senate. - **2019-07-01** In Senate. Held at Desk. - **2019-08-15** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3` - **2019-08-15** Ordered to third reading. - **2019-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2289.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2019-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2898.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2019-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 288, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92d7cd21-d246-4be6-bdd0-0b050e1e229f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).