Teacher credentialing: programs of professional preparation: youth mental health.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation that, among other things, has been accredited by the Committee on Accreditation on the basis of standards of program quality and effectiveness that have been adopted by the commission and provides specified experience that addresses, among other things, health education, including the study of nutrition, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the physiological and sociological effects of the abuse of alcohol, narcotics, and drugs and the use of tobacco.
California AB 1034 (20252026) — Teacher credentialing: programs of professional preparation: youth mental health.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation that, among other things, has been accredited by the Committee on Accreditation on the basis of standards of program quality and effectiveness that have been adopted by the commission and provides specified experience that addresses, among other things, health education, including the study of nutrition, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the physiological and sociological effects of the abuse of alcohol, narcotics, and drugs and the use of tobacco.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (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 and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ávila Farías — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-04-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-21 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-1, reading-2
2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1663.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-04 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-06-30 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-07-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1932.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-07-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2025-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 46, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd999ab6-2350-41e5-b8bc-5cb26577e380. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).