---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elementary and secondary education: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 872"
citation: "California AB 872 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elementary and secondary education", "omnibus bill"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e359c32f-938c-4b9b-98cd-734b5184a5e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872"
source_hash: "772b3b44d2a1592c7f58a31cd36f178e3cf8bf38b7d7b836adab7870e11bcedc"
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 872 (20232024) — Elementary and secondary education: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872&version=20230AB87299INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872&version=20230AB87298AMD)
3. **06/26/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872&version=20230AB87297AMD)
4. **08/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872&version=20230AB87296AMD)
5. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872&version=20230AB87295AMD)
6. **09/30/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872&version=20230AB87293CHP)
7. **AB872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872)
8. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB872&version=20230AB87294ENR)

## Votes

- AB 872 Education Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB872 ED. (Muratsuchi) By Newman — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 872 Education Concurrence in Senate Amendments By MURATSUCHI — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB872 ED. — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1365.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-08-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2180.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-05** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2023-09-05** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2023-09-08** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2648.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3405.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 273, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e359c32f-938c-4b9b-98cd-734b5184a5e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).