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Bill	Teacher credentialing: teacher preparation outside of the United States: temporary certificates.	(1) 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 5-year preliminary multiple subject teaching credential, a 5-year preliminary single subject teaching credential, or a 5-year preliminary education specialist credential to a teacher prepared in a country other than the United States who meets specified requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 681	California AB 681 (20172018)	bill	Teacher credentialing: teacher preparation outside of the United States: temporary certificates.	enacted	Chau	7	24	2	2017-02-15	2017-09-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bfaf3197-7cf4-4837-bda2-c1511a7056c6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB681	ab4c851201565b74460e4a9e10a199a10129ef10940af07b9e550e920408a83c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 681 (20172018) — Teacher credentialing: teacher preparation outside of the United States: temporary certificates.

(1) 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 5-year preliminary multiple subject teaching credential, a 5-year preliminary single subject teaching credential, or a 5-year preliminary education specialist credential to a teacher prepared in a country other than the United States who meets specified requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/12/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB681 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/22/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 681 CHAU Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 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
• 2017-03-30 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-03 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 1391.) 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
• 2017-05-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-06-06 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
• 2017-06-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 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
• 2017-06-21 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 2023.). 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 77. Noes 1. Page 2675.). 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 199, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfaf3197-7cf4-4837-bda2-c1511a7056c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).