--- type: "Bill" title: "Teacher credentialing: dual credentialing." description: "Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the commission to issue a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "AB 1119" citation: "California AB 1119 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Teachercredentialing", "dualcredentialing"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Patel"] version_count: 6 action_count: 22 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-02-20" last_action: "2025-10-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e239f7b-de61-4997-a3cd-e84ec55f19be" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1119" source_hash: "9505d1a4291499adb500ab1b2395e081dd12aa0d4ff8317524e5aeee6a1df67a" 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 1119 (20252026) — Teacher credentialing: dual credentialing. Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the commission to issue a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1119&version=20250AB111999INT) 2. **03/28/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1119&version=20250AB111998AMD) 3. **06/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1119&version=20250AB111997AMD) 4. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1119&version=20250AB111995CHP) 5. **AB1119** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1119) 6. **09/03/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1119&version=20250AB111996ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1119 Patel Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1119 Patel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Patel — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2025-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. - **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2025-03-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2058.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-06-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2251.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2025-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2792.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e239f7b-de61-4997-a3cd-e84ec55f19be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).