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Bill	School nurses: credentialing.	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 sets forth the minimum requirements for a services credential with a specialization in health for a school nurse, which include, among other requirements, a baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited institution for a preliminary credential and, for a professional credential, an additional year of coursework beyond a baccalaureate degree in a program approved by the commission.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 815	California AB 815 (20212022)	bill	School nurses: credentialing.	enacted	Luz Rivas	6	23	8	2021-02-16	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4cf1b4d5-6661-4608-ae8f-c066d672fa86	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB815	571fa375c38eb2b897c77b7b311925a646ce6e91ee98d7a9fedebbef533bf264	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 815 (20212022) — School nurses: credentialing.

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 sets forth the minimum requirements for a services credential with a specialization in health for a school nurse, which include, among other requirements, a baccalaureate or higher degree from an accredited institution for a preliminary credential and, for a professional credential, an additional year of coursework beyond a baccalaureate degree in a program approved by the commission.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/08/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB815 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 815 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 815 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB815 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Luz Rivas — primary (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — author (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Nazarian — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1856.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2489.). 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 79. Noes 0. Page 3008.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-20 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 668, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4cf1b4d5-6661-4608-ae8f-c066d672fa86. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).