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Bill	English learners: identification: notice.	Existing law requires each school district to make a determination of the primary language of a pupil when the pupil enrolls in the school district and requires each parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a public school to receive notice of an assessment of a pupil's English proficiency no later than 30 days after the start of the school year that includes, among other things, the reason for the pupil's classification as an English learner.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 81	California AB 81 (20172018)	bill	English learners: identification: notice.	enacted	Gonzalez Fletcher	6	23	6	2017-01-05	2017-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/fe0a9893-5d75-4b00-8e18-f6871cf55638	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB81	60051531ac3a15b55432ee8983dadebac6a1f87ab5dd7ab2e363d1ebfc30e81c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 81 (20172018) — English learners: identification: notice.

Existing law requires each school district to make a determination of the primary language of a pupil when the pupil enrolls in the school district and requires each parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled in a public school to receive notice of an assessment of a pupil's English proficiency no later than 30 days after the start of the school year that includes, among other things, the reason for the pupil's classification as an English learner.

Version chain

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

1. 01/05/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/09/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB81 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB81 Gonzalez Fletcher By Lara — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 81 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 81 GONZALEZ FLETCHER Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gonzalez Fletcher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-06 From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-06 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-17 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 1387.) 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
• 2017-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-26 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2684.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)
• 2017-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3277.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 609, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe0a9893-5d75-4b00-8e18-f6871cf55638. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).