republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-66.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Career technical education."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes various career technical education programs, including regional occupational centers and programs, specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and agricultural career technical education programs. Existing law provides for numerous boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the Department of Consumer Affairs that administer the licensing and regulation of various businesses and professions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "California SB 66 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Career technical education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-01-07"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2f0393d-0a83-4aa7-a57a-fb7b2a585c37"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66"
source_hash: "cf84e04f0aaa798d94f06a1d426aab3e78ce1931ea0b316d30b4173a7f3338a1"
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 66 (20152016) — Career technical education.

(1) Existing law establishes various career technical education programs, including regional occupational centers and programs, specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and agricultural career technical education programs. Existing law provides for numerous boards, bureaus, commissions, or programs within the Department of Consumer Affairs that administer the licensing and regulation of various businesses and professions.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/07/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66&version=20150SB6699INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66&version=20150SB6698AMD)
3. **01/14/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66&version=20150SB6697AMD)
4. **06/23/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66&version=20150SB6696AMD)
5. **08/02/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66&version=20150SB6695AMD)
6. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66&version=20150SB6694AMD)
7. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66&version=20150SB6692CHP)
8. **SB66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66)
9. **09/06/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB66&version=20150SB6693ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB66 Leyva Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 66 Leyva Senate Third Reading By THURMOND — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leyva — primary (person)
- McGuire — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-01-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 7.
- **2015-01-15** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-13** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2015-03-23** March 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-01-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-04** Set for hearing January 13.
- **2016-01-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2894.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-14** Set for hearing January 19.
- **2016-01-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2916.) (January 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2942.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-09** Re-referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 6472.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5556.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 770, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2f0393d-0a83-4aa7-a57a-fb7b2a585c37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).