republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-70.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education finance: Budget Act of 2011."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools of each county, among other specified duties, to make annual visits to each school in his or her county to observe its operation and to learn of its problems. Existing law requires that the priority objective of those visits is the determination of whether each school has sufficient textbooks, as defined. Existing law, until July 1, 2013, and for the 2008–09 to the 2012–13 fiscal years, inclusive, describes what is meant by sufficient textbooks or instructional materials for purposes of these visits by the county superintendent of schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 70"
citation: "California SB 70 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Education finance: Budget Act of 2011."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2011-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da56908a-9b1e-42c4-80f2-6696a274f89b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB70"
source_hash: "c6b354e41dfe8fcaff9b4054b73d916c7cdcb0032e92a5ec1d79d31a80d5e54e"
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 70 (20112012) — Education finance: Budget Act of 2011.

(1) Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools of each county, among other specified duties, to make annual visits to each school in his or her county to observe its operation and to learn of its problems. Existing law requires that the priority objective of those visits is the determination of whether each school has sufficient textbooks, as defined. Existing law, until July 1, 2013, and for the 2008–09 to the 2012–13 fiscal years, inclusive, describes what is meant by sufficient textbooks or instructional materials for purposes of these visits by the county superintendent of schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB70&version=20110SB7099INT)
2. **03/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB70&version=20110SB7098AMD)
3. **03/16/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB70&version=20110SB7097AMD)
4. **03/17/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB70&version=20110SB7096AMD)
5. **03/24/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB70&version=20110SB7094CHP)
6. **SB70** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB70)
7. **03/21/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB70&version=20110SB7095ENR)

## Votes

- SB 70 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **53–25** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB70 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE SB70 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **22–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-02-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-02-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 164.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-03-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-03-17** Read third time and amended. (Page 607.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-17** (Corrected March 18.)
- **2011-03-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 612.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-03-17** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-03-17** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 17. Page 376.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 8:50 p.m.
- **2011-03-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 7, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da56908a-9b1e-42c4-80f2-6696a274f89b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).