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Bill	Teacher preparation programs: regionally accredited institutions.	Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Under existing law, the commission establishes standards for teacher preparation programs at postsecondary educational institutions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 320	California AB 320 (20212022)	bill	Teacher preparation programs: regionally accredited institutions.	enacted	Medina	8	28	7	2021-01-26	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/23e76c66-a548-482e-b319-425a9df7363d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB320	26be720b01f49bc29aa2dee615ca812598273cb872e521dfdfe7afdd68cef510	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 320 (20212022) — Teacher preparation programs: regionally accredited institutions.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Under existing law, the commission establishes standards for teacher preparation programs at postsecondary educational institutions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/26/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/17/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB320 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 320 Medina Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB320 Medina By Rubio — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 320 Medina Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Medina — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-27 From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.
• 2021-02-12 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-05-12 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1469.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-03 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-06-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-17 From Consent Calendar. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2514.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3046.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 663, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23e76c66-a548-482e-b319-425a9df7363d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).