---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: pupils with disabilities: least restrictive environment."
description: "Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those individuals with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services, as reflected in an individualized education program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 692"
citation: "California SB 692 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education: pupils with disabilities: least restrictive environment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2293c4f7-235f-46fb-974d-f508d45d96b2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692"
source_hash: "2a7aae68dbd06e38e236e5e8ad77729b9629b714dfd713d42a4fbe2b04761764"
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 692 (20212022) — Special education: pupils with disabilities: least restrictive environment.

Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those individuals with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services, as reflected in an individualized education program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692&version=20210SB69299INT)
2. **04/07/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692&version=20210SB69298AMD)
3. **06/20/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692&version=20210SB69296AMD)
4. **07/13/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692&version=20210SB69297AMD)
5. **08/04/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692&version=20210SB69295AMD)
6. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692&version=20210SB69293CHP)
7. **SB692** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692)
8. **08/18/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB692&version=20210SB69294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB692 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 692 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB692 Cortese et al. Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cortese — primary (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Set for hearing March 17.
- **2021-03-16** March 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-03-19** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2021-03-24** April 7 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2021-03-25** Set for hearing April 14.
- **2021-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 794.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1201.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1347.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** August 26 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5830.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-16** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4847.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 919, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2293c4f7-235f-46fb-974d-f508d45d96b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).