republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3223.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special education: visually impaired pupils: braille: Unified English Braille."
description: "Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires local educational agencies to provide opportunities for braille instruction for pupils who, due to a prognosis of visual deterioration, may be expected to have a need for braille as a reading medium. Existing law defines braille for these purposes as the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as \"Standard English Braille, American Edition.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3223"
citation: "California AB 3223 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special education: visually impaired pupils: braille: Unified English Braille."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grayson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91ed52f-8d60-487f-8545-820922429950"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3223"
source_hash: "b391f137fd328f108206c47f095ba2f177b78d81b6df05f4b67e96c5020c43c9"
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 3223 (20172018) — Special education: visually impaired pupils: braille: Unified English Braille.

Existing law requires local educational agencies to identify, locate, and assess individuals with exceptional needs and to provide those pupils with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment, with special education and related services as reflected in an individualized education program. Existing law requires local educational agencies to provide opportunities for braille instruction for pupils who, due to a prognosis of visual deterioration, may be expected to have a need for braille as a reading medium. Existing law defines braille for these purposes as the system of reading and writing through touch commonly known as "Standard English Braille, American Edition."

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3223&version=20170AB322399INT)
2. **05/01/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3223&version=20170AB322398AMD)
3. **05/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3223&version=20170AB322397AMD)
4. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3223&version=20170AB322395CHP)
5. **AB3223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3223)
6. **06/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3223&version=20170AB322396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3223 GRAYSON Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB3223 — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grayson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-09** Introduced measure version corrected. `introduction`
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** 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`
- **2018-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5305.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4879.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-25** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-06-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 85, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e91ed52f-8d60-487f-8545-820922429950`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).