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Bill	Pupil instruction: gifted and talented pupil program: standard for pupil identification.	Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to improve the quality of existing programs for gifted and talented pupils, and to ensure that pupils from economically disadvantaged and varying cultural backgrounds be provided with full participation in gifted and talented education (GATE) programs. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to review criteria, as specified, for programs for gifted and talented pupils proposed by applicant school districts.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2491	California AB 2491 (20112012)	bill	Pupil instruction: gifted and talented pupil program: standard for pupil identification.	enacted	Blumenfield	6	23	7	2012-02-24	2012-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/f1bbacd8-a605-4ab4-83bf-e3989299f5a2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2491	300f808399f7bf03b5db7a60a8546b22b2055d4546c4877b15f4715d80b7d1ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2491 (20112012) — Pupil instruction: gifted and talented pupil program: standard for pupil identification.

Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to improve the quality of existing programs for gifted and talented pupils, and to ensure that pupils from economically disadvantaged and varying cultural backgrounds be provided with full participation in gifted and talented education (GATE) programs. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to review criteria, as specified, for programs for gifted and talented pupils proposed by applicant school districts.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2491 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2491 BLUMENFIELD Assembly Third Reading — 46–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2491 Blumenfield By Price — 25–13 (pass) · upper
• AB 2491 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 51–25 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blumenfield — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-15 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 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
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 4.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 26. Page 4669.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-06-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-07-06 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
• 2012-08-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 4577.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 6232.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1bbacd8-a605-4ab4-83bf-e3989299f5a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).