republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-267.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil assessment: high school exit examination: eligible pupils with disabilities."
description: "Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to successfully pass the high school exit examination as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation or as a condition of graduation from high school. Existing law requires the State Board of Education, taking into consideration certain findings and recommendations, to adopt regulations for alternative means by which eligible pupils with disabilities may demonstrate that they have achieved the same level of academic achievement in the content standards required for passage of the high school exit examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "California SB 267 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil assessment: high school exit examination: eligible pupils with disabilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 44
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2013-02-13"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56150bce-ba22-4113-b944-2e2f327371f6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267"
source_hash: "2d7b639dbdfee93927661a2cb88f62b49aac2560185189921798109bf53803e6"
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 267 (20132014) — Pupil assessment: high school exit examination: eligible pupils with disabilities.

Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to successfully pass the high school exit examination as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation or as a condition of graduation from high school. Existing law requires the State Board of Education, taking into consideration certain findings and recommendations, to adopt regulations for alternative means by which eligible pupils with disabilities may demonstrate that they have achieved the same level of academic achievement in the content standards required for passage of the high school exit examination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26799INT)
2. **03/21/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26798AMD)
3. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26797AMD)
4. **05/28/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26796AMD)
5. **05/30/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26795AMD)
6. **06/16/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26794AMD)
7. **07/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26793AMD)
8. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26791CHP)
9. **SB267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267)
10. **09/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB267&version=20130SB26792ENR)

## Votes

- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE SB267 Pavley Reconsider — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB267 Pavley Concurrence — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 267 Pavley Senate Third Reading By BUCHANAN — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Education. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2013-04-17** Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 694.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 749.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-21** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1010.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 1179.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Pavley.
- **2013-05-30** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1200.)
- **2013-05-30** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-30** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. (Page 1202.)
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 1202.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and U. & C. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-16** (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 5544.) .
- **2014-06-19** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 6404.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-26** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4868.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-27** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4923.) `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4948.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 479, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56150bce-ba22-4113-b944-2e2f327371f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).