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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pupils: diploma alternatives: fees."
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description: "(1) Existing law authorizes certain persons, including, among others, any person 16 years of age or older, to have his or her proficiency in basic skills taught in public high schools verified according to criteria established by the State Department of Education. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to award a certificate of proficiency to persons who demonstrate that proficiency. Existing law requires the department to develop standards of competency in basic skills taught in public high schools and to provide for the administration of examinations prepared by, or with the approval of, the department to verify competency. Existing law authorizes the department to charge a fee for each examination application in an amount sufficient to recover the costs of administering the requirements of these provisions, but prohibits the fee from exceeding an amount equal to the cost of test renewal and administration per examination application."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 252"
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citation: "California SB 252 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Pupils: diploma alternatives: fees."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2015-02-18"
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last_action: "2015-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90d7ba90-f2de-41da-b793-fc170de4fbaf"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252"
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source_hash: "f30a2c904c0d20225435b6cc862b278f820509bcec2d27f298ad2106a385b4ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 252 (20152016) — Pupils: diploma alternatives: fees.
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(1) Existing law authorizes certain persons, including, among others, any person 16 years of age or older, to have his or her proficiency in basic skills taught in public high schools verified according to criteria established by the State Department of Education. Existing law requires the State Board of Education to award a certificate of proficiency to persons who demonstrate that proficiency. Existing law requires the department to develop standards of competency in basic skills taught in public high schools and to provide for the administration of examinations prepared by, or with the approval of, the department to verify competency. Existing law authorizes the department to charge a fee for each examination application in an amount sufficient to recover the costs of administering the requirements of these provisions, but prohibits the fee from exceeding an amount equal to the cost of test renewal and administration per examination application.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252&version=20150SB25299INT)
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2. **04/07/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252&version=20150SB25298AMD)
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3. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252&version=20150SB25297AMD)
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4. **08/18/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252&version=20150SB25296AMD)
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5. **08/28/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252&version=20150SB25295AMD)
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6. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252&version=20150SB25293CHP)
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7. **SB252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252)
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8. **09/04/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB252&version=20150SB25294ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB252 Leno Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 252 Leno Senate Third Reading By CHIU — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Leno — primary (person)
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- Allen — coauthor (person)
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- Baker — coauthor (person)
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- Beall — coauthor (person)
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- Bloom — coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Cooley — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
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- Gordon — coauthor (person)
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- Hancock — coauthor (person)
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- Lackey — coauthor (person)
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- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — coauthor (person)
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- Olsen — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — coauthor (person)
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- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2015-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
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- **2015-02-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-13** Set for hearing March 25.
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- **2015-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 418.) (March 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-04-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-22** Set for hearing April 27.
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- **2015-04-23** April 27 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
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- **2015-05-04** May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
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- **2015-06-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1150.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1297.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-15** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-07-01** July 1 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2015-08-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-08-17** (Received at desk July 17 pursuant to JR 61(a)(10))
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- **2015-08-18** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-26** August 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2015-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
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- **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-08-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2796.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2015-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2442.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2015-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 384, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90d7ba90-f2de-41da-b793-fc170de4fbaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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