republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1918.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing: temporary certificates."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes a county board of education or city and county board of education to issue temporary certificates to certified employees whose credentials are being processed by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Under existing law, a county board of education or city and county board of education, before issuing a temporary certificate, or a school district, before issuing a temporary certificate of clearance, is required to obtain a criminal record summary about the applicant from the Department of Justice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1918"
citation: "California AB 1918 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing: temporary certificates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd11163-9091-423e-8007-c15215c96a70"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1918"
source_hash: "7b1a2879cba8376a61ef204963b161c8def238043e82d0b2d30f1388d1ae69c3"
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 1918 (20152016) — Teacher credentialing: temporary certificates.

(1) Existing law authorizes a county board of education or city and county board of education to issue temporary certificates to certified employees whose credentials are being processed by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Under existing law, a county board of education or city and county board of education, before issuing a temporary certificate, or a school district, before issuing a temporary certificate of clearance, is required to obtain a criminal record summary about the applicant from the Department of Justice.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1918&version=20150AB191899INT)
2. **03/08/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1918&version=20150AB191898AMD)
3. **05/10/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1918&version=20150AB191897AMD)
4. **08/17/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1918&version=20150AB191895CHP)
5. **AB1918** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1918)
6. **08/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1918&version=20150AB191896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1918 O'DONNELL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1918 O'DONNELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1918 O'Donnell — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-09** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4463.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4647.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5637.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2016-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 127, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bd11163-9091-423e-8007-c15215c96a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).