Special education: eligibility: fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Existing law requires all children with disabilities residing in the state, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services, to be identified, located, and assessed. Existing regulations adopted by the State Board of Education provide that a child who is assessed as having a specified health impairment or other health impairment is entitled to special education and related services. Those regulations define "other health impairment" as having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the environment that is due to a chronic or acute health problem and adversely affects the child's educational performance.
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SB 1016
California SB 1016 (20212022)
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Special education: eligibility: fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
California SB 1016 (20212022) — Special education: eligibility: fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Existing law requires all children with disabilities residing in the state, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services, to be identified, located, and assessed. Existing regulations adopted by the State Board of Education provide that a child who is assessed as having a specified health impairment or other health impairment is entitled to special education and related services. Those regulations define "other health impairment" as having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the environment that is due to a chronic or acute health problem and adversely affects the child's educational performance.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent SB1016 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
SB 1016 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent SB1016 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Portantino — primary (person)
Borgeas — coauthor (person)
Cortese — coauthor (person)
Lackey — coauthor (person)
Umberg — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-14 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-15 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2022-03-08 Set for hearing March 23.
2022-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3202.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 4.
2022-04-04 April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3779.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3932.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6011.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5341.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 611, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ca08926-2ad9-4b73-a658-ea099c479214. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).