republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-368.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teachers: added authorization in special education."
description: "Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and authorizes the commission to issue teaching and service credentials, including a special education credential. Existing law also authorizes the commission to grant an added or supplementary authorization to a credentialholder who has met the requirements and standards of the commission for the added or supplementary authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 368"
citation: "California SB 368 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teachers: added authorization in special education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pavley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aaf9b2c0-c2fb-4102-a264-249b435ec415"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368"
source_hash: "d13aaf48aa2e5030818d67619bb3d14628c9b62fd1e93c4614a4f40f04e77be7"
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 368 (20132014) — Teachers: added authorization in special education.

Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and authorizes the commission to issue teaching and service credentials, including a special education credential. Existing law also authorizes the commission to grant an added or supplementary authorization to a credentialholder who has met the requirements and standards of the commission for the added or supplementary authorization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368&version=20130SB36899INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368&version=20130SB36898AMD)
3. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368&version=20130SB36897AMD)
4. **05/08/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368&version=20130SB36896AMD)
5. **06/26/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368&version=20130SB36895AMD)
6. **08/15/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368&version=20130SB36894AMD)
7. **10/10/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368&version=20130SB36892CHP)
8. **SB368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368)
9. **09/03/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB368&version=20130SB36893ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 368 Pavley Senate Third Reading By NAZARIAN — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pavley — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Gorell — coauthor (person)
- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-19** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 786.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-08** 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** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1045.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** From consent calendar.
- **2013-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-15** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-28** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2043.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 717, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aaf9b2c0-c2fb-4102-a264-249b435ec415`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).