republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1871.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing: English language development and bilingual-cross-cultural competence."
description: "Teacher credentialing: English language development and bilingual-cross-cultural competence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1871"
citation: "California AB 1871 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing: English language development and bilingual-cross-cultural competence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-04"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7af1e667-32ab-4b55-b581-1098dd33288d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871"
source_hash: "8727eb89248a7a1fdf3491984c91f64bd2ca00531076ef57b99c08d857c40001"
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 1871 (20072008) — Teacher credentialing: English language development and bilingual-cross-cultural competence.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871&version=20070AB187199INT)
2. **03/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871&version=20070AB187198AMD)
3. **03/28/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871&version=20070AB187197AMD)
4. **06/24/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871&version=20070AB187196AMD)
5. **08/12/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871&version=20070AB187195AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871&version=20070AB187193CHP)
7. **AB1871** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871)
8. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1871&version=20070AB187194ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1871 COTO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1871 Coto By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1871 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Coto — primary (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2008-02-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4748.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5054.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6587.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 660, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7af1e667-32ab-4b55-b581-1098dd33288d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).