---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter schools: establishment, renewal, and revocation."
description: "(1) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 specifies the procedures for the submission, review, and approval or denial of a petition to establish a standard or countywide charter school, which include, but are not limited to, a requirement that the petition contain measurable pupil outcomes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1290"
citation: "California SB 1290 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter schools: establishment", "renewal", "and revocation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1dcf3bc-faa6-4729-a2ca-468e33cf4fb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1290"
source_hash: "77bc5e87d3d29f6fe46a25fcbfa10bab083efcaece0f1962ea14b446e4c625e0"
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 1290 (20112012) — Charter schools: establishment, renewal, and revocation.

(1) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 specifies the procedures for the submission, review, and approval or denial of a petition to establish a standard or countywide charter school, which include, but are not limited to, a requirement that the petition contain measurable pupil outcomes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1290&version=20110SB129099INT)
2. **03/28/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1290&version=20110SB129098AMD)
3. **05/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1290&version=20110SB129097AMD)
4. **06/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1290&version=20110SB129096AMD)
5. **09/26/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1290&version=20110SB129094CHP)
6. **SB1290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1290)
7. **08/30/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1290&version=20110SB129095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1290 Alquist Concurrence — **21–14** (pass) · upper
- SB 1290 Alquist Senate Third Reading By CEDILLO — **52–27** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **24–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3302.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3595.) (May 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 3706.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 6140.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 4845.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 576, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1dcf3bc-faa6-4729-a2ca-468e33cf4fb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).