republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-461.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "High school equivalency certificates."
description: "Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a California high school equivalency certificate and an official score report, or an official score report only, to any person who has not completed high school and who meets specified requirements, including, among others, that the person meets any of the following: is at least 18 years of age; would have graduated from high school had he or she remained in school and followed the usual course of study toward graduation; or, is at least 17 years of age, has accumulated fewer than 100 units of high school credit, and is confined to a state or county hospital or to an institution maintained by a state or county correctional agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 461"
citation: "California SB 461 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High school equivalency certificates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakeslee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98f20425-c51d-41e6-bd05-47d224ba190b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB461"
source_hash: "1d1547a759b2ec1a3eea9fff925c90cfd18cf7dcd65716f55a915c13ea8f117c"
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 SB 461 (20112012) — High school equivalency certificates.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue a California high school equivalency certificate and an official score report, or an official score report only, to any person who has not completed high school and who meets specified requirements, including, among others, that the person meets any of the following: is at least 18 years of age; would have graduated from high school had he or she remained in school and followed the usual course of study toward graduation; or, is at least 17 years of age, has accumulated fewer than 100 units of high school credit, and is confined to a state or county hospital or to an institution maintained by a state or county correctional agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB461&version=20110SB46199INT)
2. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB461&version=20110SB46198AMD)
3. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB461&version=20110SB46196CHP)
4. **SB461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB461)
5. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB461&version=20110SB46197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 461 Blakeslee Senate Third Reading By SILVA — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB461 Blakeslee Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #1 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blakeslee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2011-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 493.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 655.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2269.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 628, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98f20425-c51d-41e6-bd05-47d224ba190b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).