---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instructional materials."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes local educational agencies to use specified funds for any educational purpose, as provided, and requires instructional materials purchased by such a local educational agency to be materials adopted by the State Board of Education and be aligned with state standards, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1246"
citation: "California AB 1246 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Instructional materials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brownley"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a16dc2-87ba-478a-8887-552a21136f39"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246"
source_hash: "cf6fe16712e6971ad36e90e98cc64d9aa90b8c0c41abb713866e326060e65cdb"
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 1246 (20112012) — Instructional materials.

(1) Existing law authorizes local educational agencies to use specified funds for any educational purpose, as provided, and requires instructional materials purchased by such a local educational agency to be materials adopted by the State Board of Education and be aligned with state standards, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124699INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124697AMD)
3. **01/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124696AMD)
4. **07/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124695AMD)
5. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124694AMD)
6. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124693AMD)
7. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124692AMD)
8. **08/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124698AMD)
9. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124690CHP)
10. **AB1246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246)
11. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1246&version=20110AB124691ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1246 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–27** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 1246 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading — **50–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1246 Brownley By Lowenthal — **23–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brownley — primary (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-05** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (January 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (January 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 3627.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4926.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 27. Page 6627.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 668, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48a16dc2-87ba-478a-8887-552a21136f39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).