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type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: instructional strategies."
description: "Existing law provides for the establishment and maintenance of subject matter projects by the Regents of the University of California with the approval of the Concurrence Committee. Existing law provides that these subject matter projects are to create opportunities for researchers, higher education faculty, and elementary and secondary school faculty to work together to identify exemplary teaching practices, examine and develop research on learning, knowledge, and educational materials, and provide support to teachers to develop and enhance content knowledge and pedagogical skills. Existing law requires the Concurrence Committee to provide a final report to the Governor and to appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2011, including specified information relating to the subject matter projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 612"
citation: "California SB 612 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: instructional strategies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7d41350-8f18-4e83-992f-ea7fc3c96142"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB612"
source_hash: "5205e5a0aa70fd35528f495eb6ee5108ce7f961963dc2beccbc4d2d8c52367cd"
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 612 (20112012) — Postsecondary education: instructional strategies.
Existing law provides for the establishment and maintenance of subject matter projects by the Regents of the University of California with the approval of the Concurrence Committee. Existing law provides that these subject matter projects are to create opportunities for researchers, higher education faculty, and elementary and secondary school faculty to work together to identify exemplary teaching practices, examine and develop research on learning, knowledge, and educational materials, and provide support to teachers to develop and enhance content knowledge and pedagogical skills. Existing law requires the Concurrence Committee to provide a final report to the Governor and to appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2011, including specified information relating to the subject matter projects.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB612&version=20110SB61299INT)
2. **05/04/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB612&version=20110SB61298AMD)
3. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB612&version=20110SB61297AMD)
4. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB612&version=20110SB61296AMD)
5. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB612&version=20110SB61294CHP)
6. **SB612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB612)
7. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB612&version=20110SB61295ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **52** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **62** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **82** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **125** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **2710** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **72** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **90** (pass) · upper
- SB 612 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By BROWNLEY — **5126** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB612 Steinberg Concurrence — **2610** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 760.) (April 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-16** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1120.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 1246.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 2870.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 2421.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 632, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7d41350-8f18-4e83-992f-ea7fc3c96142`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).