republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-239.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue an authorization to a teacher to provide specified services to limited-English-proficient pupils, and sets forth the minimum requirements for that authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 239"
citation: "California AB 239 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brownley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-06"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb40a3b-cdf9-4528-a962-204dbaa0255d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB239"
source_hash: "056fa5fc6f5762b3ac1cb50ad9686dafd0406b66585fa8c4ca27c07feb66b4de"
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 239 (20092010) — Teacher credentialing.

(1) Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue an authorization to a teacher to provide specified services to limited-English-proficient pupils, and sets forth the minimum requirements for that authorization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB239&version=20090AB23999INT)
2. **03/11/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB239&version=20090AB23998AMD)
3. **06/16/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB239&version=20090AB23997AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB239&version=20090AB23995CHP)
5. **AB239** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB239)
6. **08/25/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB239&version=20090AB23996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 239 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 239 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #12 AB239 Brownley — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 976.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1665.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2653.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2009-09-08** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acb40a3b-cdf9-4528-a962-204dbaa0255d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).