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Bill	High school exit examination: repeal.	Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to develop a high school exit examination in English language arts and mathematics in accordance with state academic content standards. Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to successfully pass the high school exit examination as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation or a condition of graduation from high school, except for the 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 school years.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 830	California AB 830 (20172018)	bill	High school exit examination: repeal.	enacted	Kalra	7	24	6	2017-02-16	2017-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/7846cade-b26d-45f3-95d3-b629c5f7eea3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB830	fb1744470f9d933efe72ae8bff50d63e95f1f95ff2f26bce9563fc3b038c9164	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 830 (20172018) — High school exit examination: repeal.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to develop a high school exit examination in English language arts and mathematics in accordance with state academic content standards. Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to successfully pass the high school exit examination as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation or a condition of graduation from high school, except for the 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 school years.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB830 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 830 KALRA Assembly Third Reading — 56–17 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB830 Kalra et al. By Allen — 26–14 (pass) · upper
• AB 830 KALRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–22 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Thurmond — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 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
• 2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 1377.) 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 5. Noes 2.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2849.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-15 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 22. Page 3453.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7846cade-b26d-45f3-95d3-b629c5f7eea3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).