republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2694.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instructional materials."
description: "Existing law provides for the adoption and selection of instructional materials for use in the elementary and secondary schools and defines \"supplementary instructional materials\" as instructional materials that, for a given subject and at a given grade level, provide for meeting the various learning ability levels of pupils, or meeting the diverse educational needs of pupils with a language disability or of pupils reflective of a condition of cultural pluralism, or that provide more complete coverage of a subject or subjects included in a given course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2694"
citation: "California AB 2694 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Instructional materials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blumenfield"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c46779d4-853d-4ae4-a48c-3761ae4bd541"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2694"
source_hash: "fd6893cd2f1762b00e41b9c3d0214486a9ff1d000860665ebfc67f13b246d73f"
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 2694 (20092010) — Instructional materials.

Existing law provides for the adoption and selection of instructional materials for use in the elementary and secondary schools and defines "supplementary instructional materials" as instructional materials that, for a given subject and at a given grade level, provide for meeting the various learning ability levels of pupils, or meeting the diverse educational needs of pupils with a language disability or of pupils reflective of a condition of cultural pluralism, or that provide more complete coverage of a subject or subjects included in a given course.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2694&version=20090AB269499INT)
2. **05/12/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2694&version=20090AB269498AMD)
3. **06/30/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2694&version=20090AB269497AMD)
4. **09/24/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2694&version=20090AB269495CHP)
5. **AB2694** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2694)
6. **08/31/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2694&version=20090AB269496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2694 BLUMENFIELD Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2694 BLUMENFIELD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2694 Blumenfield — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blumenfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5235.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** From Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-02** To inactive file on motion of Senator Pavley.
- **2010-08-19** From inactive file.
- **2010-08-19** To second reading.
- **2010-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4819.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6644.)
- **2010-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6664.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 269, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c46779d4-853d-4ae4-a48c-3761ae4bd541`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).