republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-916.md

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Bill	Teacher credentialing.	Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue single subject teaching credentials only in specific subjects.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 916	California SB 916 (20152016)	bill	Teacher credentialing.	enacted	Allen	6	31	8	2016-01-27	2016-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/09075fd0-9a7e-4203-8ba3-9f45f77b55b8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB916	035b28d14a1b5b2af41764fa98bf3de132eada42e86a3c3b05f6a605dc408766	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 916 (20152016) — Teacher credentialing.

Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue single subject teaching credentials only in specific subjects.

Version chain

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

1. 01/27/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB916 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 916 Allen Senate Third Reading By O'DONNELL — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Cannella — coauthor (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Fuller — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
• Maienschein — coauthor (person)
• O’Donnell — coauthor (person)
• Vidak — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-01-28 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 27.
• 2016-02-04 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-02-25 Set for hearing March 9.
• 2016-03-02 March 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-04-08 Set for hearing April 20.
• 2016-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3607.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
• 2016-05-02 May 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-05-11 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2016-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3999.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4062.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-06 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-06-15 June 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2016-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-29 June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5917.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5429.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2016-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 652, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09075fd0-9a7e-4203-8ba3-9f45f77b55b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).