republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1661.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School accountability: federal compliance with accountability requirements."
description: "Commencing with the 2017–18 school year, the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, requires the state to identify schools for comprehensive support and improvement pursuant to specified accountability system requirements. The federal Every Student Succeeds Act provides for the allotment of formula grants to states for various activities to support effective educational instruction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1661"
citation: "California AB 1661 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School accountability: federal compliance with accountability requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98602152-71f9-4ce4-bbdb-f9ce103908f5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661"
source_hash: "0acafa21125b880da7be144ca17e1f83e6969a2ad26a30a8326cdc29f7ab6e5b"
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 1661 (20172018) — School accountability: federal compliance with accountability requirements.

Commencing with the 2017–18 school year, the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, requires the state to identify schools for comprehensive support and improvement pursuant to specified accountability system requirements. The federal Every Student Succeeds Act provides for the allotment of formula grants to states for various activities to support effective educational instruction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661&version=20170AB166199INT)
2. **01/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661&version=20170AB166197AMD)
3. **04/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661&version=20170AB166198AMD)
4. **05/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661&version=20170AB166196AMD)
5. **07/05/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661&version=20170AB166195AMD)
6. **08/22/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661&version=20170AB166194AMD)
7. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661&version=20170AB166192CHP)
8. **AB1661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661)
9. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1661&version=20170AB166193ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1661 LIMÓN Assembly Third Reading Amend By LIMÓN Set #1 — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1661 Limón By Allen — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1661 LIMÓN Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 1661 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Limón.
- **2018-01-08** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Limón.
- **2018-01-09** From inactive file.
- **2018-01-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-01-16** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 62. Noes 1. Page 3778.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 3809.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-05-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-05-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-04** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5814.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6829.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 669, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98602152-71f9-4ce4-bbdb-f9ce103908f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).