Existing law establishes minimum requirements for the issuance of a preliminary multiple or single subject teaching credential by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Among other requirements, existing law requires satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation accredited by the Committee on Accreditation, but specifies that the program shall not include more than one year, or the equivalent of 15 of a 5-year program, of professional preparation.
California SB 5 (20132014) — Teacher credentialing.
Existing law establishes minimum requirements for the issuance of a preliminary multiple or single subject teaching credential by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Among other requirements, existing law requires satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation accredited by the Committee on Accreditation, but specifies that the program shall not include more than one year, or the equivalent of 15 of a 5-year program, of professional preparation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
SB 5 Padilla Senate Third Reading By BUCHANAN — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB5 Padilla Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Padilla — primary (person)
Block — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-12-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2012-12-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 3.
2013-01-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-04-05 Set for hearing April 24.
2013-04-11 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-04-12 Set for hearing May 1.
2013-04-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 785.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2013-05-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2013-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 948.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-28 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
2013-07-03 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
2013-08-05 From consent calendar.
2013-08-05 Ordered to third reading.
2013-08-08 Read third time and amended. (Page 2480.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
2013-08-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2509.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-08-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1853.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
2013-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 171, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5efb233-db7f-49da-9af5-c3b799c76496. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).