High school diplomas: State Seal of Biliteracy: English learners.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to award a State Seal of Biliteracy. Existing law provides that the State Seal of Biliteracy certifies attainment of a high level of proficiency by a graduating high school pupil in one or more languages, in addition to English, and certifies that the graduate meets specified criteria, including, but not limited to, passing the California Standards Test in English language arts administered in grade 11 at the proficient level or above.
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AB 1142
California AB 1142 (20172018)
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High school diplomas: State Seal of Biliteracy: English learners.
California AB 1142 (20172018) — High school diplomas: State Seal of Biliteracy: English learners.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to award a State Seal of Biliteracy. Existing law provides that the State Seal of Biliteracy certifies attainment of a high level of proficiency by a graduating high school pupil in one or more languages, in addition to English, and certifies that the graduate meets specified criteria, including, but not limited to, passing the California Standards Test in English language arts administered in grade 11 at the proficient level or above.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Medina — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-06 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-03-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-04-03 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1394.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2017-05-31 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-06-14 Measure version as amended on June 12 corrected. amendment-passage
2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-07-10 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2017-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2024.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-08-21 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2676.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c03db33-d164-4f26-a599-0279382b7297. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).