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type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements."
description: "Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to satisfy certain requirements as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation from high school. These requirements include the completion of designated coursework in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. The coursework requirements include, among others, the completion of one course in visual or performing arts, foreign language, or, commencing with the 2012–13 school year and continuing until the end of the 2016–17 school year on July 1, 2017, or until the occurrence of a specified event relating to career technical education requirements of the University of California and the California State University, whichever occurs earlier, career technical education, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1123"
citation: "California SB 1123 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leyva"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb546ee-3350-49a5-8d19-4bc8266e3422"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1123"
source_hash: "bb7da4224432aaf89e946441e27f2bfcc72a36a5d7ad70d1740e127f3ca7599d"
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 1123 (20152016) — Pupil instruction: high school graduation requirements.
Existing law requires each pupil completing grade 12 to satisfy certain requirements as a condition of receiving a diploma of graduation from high school. These requirements include the completion of designated coursework in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. The coursework requirements include, among others, the completion of one course in visual or performing arts, foreign language, or, commencing with the 2012–13 school year and continuing until the end of the 2016–17 school year on July 1, 2017, or until the occurrence of a specified event relating to career technical education requirements of the University of California and the California State University, whichever occurs earlier, career technical education, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1123&version=20150SB112399INT)
2. **07/01/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1123&version=20150SB112397CHP)
3. **SB1123** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1123)
4. **06/27/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1123&version=20150SB112398ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
- SB 1123 Leyva Consent Calendar Second Day — **790** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **380** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Leyva — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2016-03-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3332.) (March 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3432.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5488.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-23** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 53, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acb546ee-3350-49a5-8d19-4bc8266e3422`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).