Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. 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, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the commission to issue a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided.
California AB 1119 (20252026) — Teacher credentialing: dual credentialing.
Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. 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, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the commission to issue a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1119 Patel Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1119 Patel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Patel — 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
2025-03-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-03-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2025-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2058.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2251.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2792.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e239f7b-de61-4997-a3cd-e84ec55f19be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).