republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1624.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program for the purpose of recruiting classified school employees to participate in a program designed to encourage them to enroll in teacher training programs and to provide instructional service as teachers in the public schools. Subject to an appropriation for these purposes, existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other things, to adopt criteria for the selection of school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education to participate in the program. Existing law requires that criteria to include the extent to which the applicant's plan for recruitment attempts to meet the demand for teachers in shortage areas, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1624"
citation: "California AB 1624 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-01-07"
last_action: "2016-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e2930f3-faba-4c54-9189-fc8e669e16a0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1624"
source_hash: "b90b20c6643b4f2d9219e1ec7a4acf288f4fc127fb6877a52040f8353ce1424e"
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 AB 1624 (20152016) — Education.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program for the purpose of recruiting classified school employees to participate in a program designed to encourage them to enroll in teacher training programs and to provide instructional service as teachers in the public schools. Subject to an appropriation for these purposes, existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other things, to adopt criteria for the selection of school districts, charter schools, or county offices of education to participate in the program. Existing law requires that criteria to include the extent to which the applicant's plan for recruitment attempts to meet the demand for teachers in shortage areas, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/07/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1624&version=20150AB162499INT)
2. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1624&version=20150AB162498AMD)
3. **08/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1624&version=20150AB162497AMD)
4. **08/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1624&version=20150AB162496AMD)
5. **09/13/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1624&version=20150AB162494CHP)
6. **AB1624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1624)
7. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1624&version=20150AB162495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1624 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **77–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1624 Committee On BUDGET (Ting) By Leno — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 1624 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **51–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **14–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
- **2016-02-01** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-25** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 4488.)
- **2016-04-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-04-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 4582.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 5018.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 3. Page 6222.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e2930f3-faba-4c54-9189-fc8e669e16a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).