republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2160.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Teacher credentialing: instruction to pupils with autism."
description: "The Commission on Teacher Credentialing is authorized to issue teaching and services credentials, and is required to establish standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of credentials. Existing law authorizes a local educational agency or school to assign a teacher who holds a level 1 education specialist credential to provide instruction to pupils with autism, subject to specified requirements. Existing law makes those provisions inoperative 2 years after the commission adopts regulations relating to the requirements for obtaining a specialist credential in special education, or on August 31, 2011, whichever occurs first, and repeals those provisions on January 1, 2012."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2160"
citation: "California AB 2160 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Teacher credentialing: instruction to pupils with autism."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02d03fc6-793a-4276-9595-0c9b51f10891"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2160"
source_hash: "6e8d0e6622a561125c73dcedadbd22b55a6f2353f8af92cb688c7334936e677a"
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 AB 2160 (20092010) — Teacher credentialing: instruction to pupils with autism.

The Commission on Teacher Credentialing is authorized to issue teaching and services credentials, and is required to establish standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of credentials. Existing law authorizes a local educational agency or school to assign a teacher who holds a level 1 education specialist credential to provide instruction to pupils with autism, subject to specified requirements. Existing law makes those provisions inoperative 2 years after the commission adopts regulations relating to the requirements for obtaining a specialist credential in special education, or on August 31, 2011, whichever occurs first, and repeals those provisions on January 1, 2012.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2160&version=20090AB216099INT)
2. **04/06/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2160&version=20090AB216098AMD)
3. **08/13/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2160&version=20090AB216096CHP)
4. **AB2160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2160)
5. **08/04/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2160&version=20090AB216097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2160 Bass — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2160 BASS Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 24). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4819.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4309.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-08-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2010-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02d03fc6-793a-4276-9595-0c9b51f10891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).