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Bill	Instructional programs: State Seal of Biliteracy.	Existing law sets forth various requirements for the issuance of diplomas conferred upon a pupil as evidence of graduation from high school. Statutory provisions establish the Golden State Seal Merit Diploma for the purpose of recognizing pupils who have mastered the high school curriculum.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 815	California AB 815 (20112012)	bill appropriation	Instructional programs: State Seal of Biliteracy.	enacted	Brownley	9	26	8	2011-02-17	2011-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4115129c-9d34-44ef-b6ef-2d58319f583c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815	042fe559ded6bab6454cb17bc611645450fc499bc8533bf3e5398c92c97612e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 815 (20112012) — Instructional programs: State Seal of Biliteracy.

Existing law sets forth various requirements for the issuance of diplomas conferred upon a pupil as evidence of graduation from high school. Statutory provisions establish the Golden State Seal Merit Diploma for the purpose of recognizing pupils who have mastered the high school curriculum.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/04/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/11/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/30/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB815 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/20/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 815 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading — 52–26 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB815 Brownley By Lowenthal — 31–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 815 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–22 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brownley — primary (person)
• Alejo — coauthor (person)
• Ammiano — coauthor (person)
• Carter — coauthor (person)
• Correa — coauthor (person)
• Dickinson — coauthor (person)
• Eng — coauthor (person)
• Furutani — coauthor (person)
• Gatto — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• John A. Pérez — principal coauthor (person)
• Lara — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Ma — coauthor (person)
• Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
• Vargas — coauthor (person)
• Williams — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2011-03-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2011-05-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-04 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2011-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 1796.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2011-07-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2011-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2363.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2011-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 3201.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 618, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4115129c-9d34-44ef-b6ef-2d58319f583c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).