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type: "Bill"
title: "Pupils: English learners: assessment."
description: "Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners to assess the English language development of each of those pupils in order to determine the level of proficiency of those pupils. The assessment primarily consists of the administration of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) that assesses pupils in grades 2 to 12, inclusive, in English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and pupils in kindergarten and grade 1 in English listening and speaking. Existing law requires that the assessment be conducted upon initial enrollment, and annually thereafter during a period of time determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education, until the pupil is redesignated as English proficient."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 753"
citation: "California SB 753 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupils: English learners: assessment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59709bf5-1635-4cd3-96c1-93eb10eafb14"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753"
source_hash: "52d43df758d91d039704de41203f99a7203ce1ecb02a6e178f689a0eb6642dca"
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 753 (20112012) — Pupils: English learners: assessment.
Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners to assess the English language development of each of those pupils in order to determine the level of proficiency of those pupils. The assessment primarily consists of the administration of the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) that assesses pupils in grades 2 to 12, inclusive, in English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills, and pupils in kindergarten and grade 1 in English listening and speaking. Existing law requires that the assessment be conducted upon initial enrollment, and annually thereafter during a period of time determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education, until the pupil is redesignated as English proficient.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75399INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75398AMD)
3. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75397AMD)
4. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75396AMD)
5. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75395AMD)
6. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75394AMD)
7. **09/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75393AMD)
8. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75391CHP)
9. **SB753** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753)
10. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB753&version=20110SB75392ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **90** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB753 Padilla Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **170** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **90** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
- SB 753 Padilla Senate Third Reading By BROWNLEY — **780** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Padilla — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 640.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-15** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-04-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-03** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-12** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2011-05-23** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-25** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1122.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1264.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (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`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, 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 17. Noes 0.) (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`
- **2011-09-01** Read third time and amended. (Page 2771.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3002.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2416.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 634, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59709bf5-1635-4cd3-96c1-93eb10eafb14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).