republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2285.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing: out-of-state prepared teachers: clear credential."
description: "Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a clear multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential to an out-of-state applicant who satisfies specified requirements, including documenting, in a manner prescribed by the commission, that he or she has completed 150 clock hours of activities that contribute to his or her competence, performance, and effectiveness in the education profession, or that he or she has earned a master's degree or higher in a field related to the credential, or the equivalent semester units, from a regionally accredited institution of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2285"
citation: "California AB 2285 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing: out-of-state prepared teachers: clear credential."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Donnell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-07-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d109ac1-bd6f-40a8-8413-3788534f05ab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2285"
source_hash: "13a56727244a6d78b0f19abdf1d9c80601e829199f9411679ede975d0b547782"
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 2285 (20172018) — Teacher credentialing: out-of-state prepared teachers: clear credential.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a clear multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential to an out-of-state applicant who satisfies specified requirements, including documenting, in a manner prescribed by the commission, that he or she has completed 150 clock hours of activities that contribute to his or her competence, performance, and effectiveness in the education profession, or that he or she has earned a master's degree or higher in a field related to the credential, or the equivalent semester units, from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2285&version=20170AB228599INT)
2. **03/13/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2285&version=20170AB228598AMD)
3. **07/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2285&version=20170AB228596CHP)
4. **AB2285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2285)
5. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2285&version=20170AB228597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2285 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2285 O'DONNELL Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'Donnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4790.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5039.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d109ac1-bd6f-40a8-8413-3788534f05ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).