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type: "Bill"
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title: "Instructional programs: State Seal of Biliteracy."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 815"
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citation: "California AB 815 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Instructional programs: State Seal of Biliteracy."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brownley"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2011-02-17"
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last_action: "2011-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4115129c-9d34-44ef-b6ef-2d58319f583c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815"
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source_hash: "042fe559ded6bab6454cb17bc611645450fc499bc8533bf3e5398c92c97612e3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 815 (20112012) — Instructional programs: State Seal of Biliteracy.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815&version=20110AB81599INT)
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2. **05/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815&version=20110AB81598AMD)
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3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815&version=20110AB81597AMD)
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4. **07/11/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815&version=20110AB81596AMD)
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5. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815&version=20110AB81595AMD)
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6. **09/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815&version=20110AB81594AMD)
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7. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815&version=20110AB81592CHP)
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8. **AB815** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815)
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9. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB815&version=20110AB81593ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
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- AB 815 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading — **52–26** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB815 Brownley By Lowenthal — **31–3** (pass) · upper
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- AB 815 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–22** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brownley — primary (person)
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- Alejo — coauthor (person)
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- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
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- Carter — coauthor (person)
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- Correa — coauthor (person)
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- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
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- Eng — coauthor (person)
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- Furutani — coauthor (person)
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- Gatto — coauthor (person)
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- Hancock — coauthor (person)
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- John A. Pérez — principal coauthor (person)
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- Lara — coauthor (person)
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- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
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- Ma — coauthor (person)
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- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
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- Vargas — coauthor (person)
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- Williams — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2011-05-04** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 1796.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2011-07-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-08-15** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2363.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2011-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 3201.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 618, Statutes of 2011.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4115129c-9d34-44ef-b6ef-2d58319f583c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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