republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-81.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "English learners: identification: notice."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 81"
citation: "California AB 81 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["English learners: identification: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez Fletcher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe0a9893-5d75-4b00-8e18-f6871cf55638"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB81"
source_hash: "60051531ac3a15b55432ee8983dadebac6a1f87ab5dd7ab2e363d1ebfc30e81c"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB81&version=20170AB8199INT)
2. **04/06/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB81&version=20170AB8198AMD)
3. **09/01/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB81&version=20170AB8197AMD)
4. **10/09/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB81&version=20170AB8195CHP)
5. **AB81** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB81)
6. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB81&version=20170AB8196ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe0a9893-5d75-4b00-8e18-f6871cf55638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).