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Bill	Teaching credential: American Indian languages.	Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other things, to establish professional standards, assessments, and examinations for entry and advancement in the education process. The commission is authorized to issue an eminence credential to any person who has achieved eminence in a field of endeavor taught, or service practiced, in the public schools of California.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 544	California AB 544 (20092010)	bill	Teaching credential: American Indian languages.	enacted	Coto	8	29	7	2009-02-25	2009-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/0f415f9b-538d-428b-b8c7-e9a3b51e49f4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB544	602e47596fc451cc1ab0844385f83f56153f6f10c5efce2ad7a948261a56de50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 544 (20092010) — Teaching credential: American Indian languages.

Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other things, to establish professional standards, assessments, and examinations for entry and advancement in the education process. The commission is authorized to issue an eminence credential to any person who has achieved eminence in a field of endeavor taught, or service practiced, in the public schools of California.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/13/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/08/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB544 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/31/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 544 COTO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Be referred to Committee on Education. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 544 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #15 AB544 Coto — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Coto — primary (person)
• Ammiano — coauthor (person)
• Brownley — coauthor (person)
• Buchanan — coauthor (person)
• Carter — coauthor (person)
• Eng — coauthor (person)
• Miller — coauthor (person)
• Nestande — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Solorio — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2009-03-12 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2009-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2009-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on RULES by unanimous consent. referral-committee
• 2009-04-13 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 13). referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2009-04-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2009-05-05 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-05-06 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-05-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2009-05-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-05-26 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1766.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-06-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2009-07-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2009-07-08 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-07-23 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2009-08-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-08-20 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-08-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1925.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2009-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2743.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2009-09-02 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
• 2009-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 324, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f415f9b-538d-428b-b8c7-e9a3b51e49f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).