republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-293.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil assessments: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress: statewide results."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) as the statewide system of pupil assessments under which certain assessments are required or authorized to be administered in public schools, as specified, including a consortium summative assessment in English language arts and mathematics for grades 3 to 8, inclusive, and grade 11 that measures content standards adopted by the State Board of Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "California SB 293 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress", "Pupil assessments", "statewide results"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-02"
last_action: "2023-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/035aafcf-643a-4e92-958f-c503552d079c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB293"
source_hash: "adef07deea08b1b28a41346198bfd405abe2a61a97b79b87bcc043da319ed091"
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 SB 293 (20232024) — Pupil assessments: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress: statewide results.

Existing law establishes the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) as the statewide system of pupil assessments under which certain assessments are required or authorized to be administered in public schools, as specified, including a consortium summative assessment in English language arts and mathematics for grades 3 to 8, inclusive, and grade 11 that measures content standards adopted by the State Board of Education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB293&version=20230SB29399INT)
2. **04/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB293&version=20230SB29398AMD)
3. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB293&version=20230SB29396CHP)
4. **SB293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB293)
5. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB293&version=20230SB29397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 293 Grove Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)
- Dixon — coauthor (person)
- Seyarto — coauthor (person)
- Ta — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
- **2023-02-15** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2023-03-06** March 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 790.) (April 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1207.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2801.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 177, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/035aafcf-643a-4e92-958f-c503552d079c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).