republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1234.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standardized tests."
description: "Existing law requires a test sponsor of a standardized test to provide test subjects materials for not fewer than 50% of regular test administrations, rounded to the nearest larger whole number."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1234"
citation: "California AB 1234 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Standardized tests."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92d7cd21-d246-4be6-bdd0-0b050e1e229f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234"
source_hash: "88e1c90b77f943ca402a24c526cccddd115a3233d2e56208e461958d5be5a0dc"
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 1234 (20192020) — Standardized tests.

Existing law requires a test sponsor of a standardized test to provide test subjects materials for not fewer than 50% of regular test administrations, rounded to the nearest larger whole number.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123499INT)
2. **04/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123498AMD)
3. **06/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123497AMD)
4. **08/15/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123496AMD)
5. **09/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123494CHP)
6. **AB1234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234)
7. **09/03/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1234&version=20190AB123495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1234 Patterson Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1234 Patterson et al. By Wilk — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1234 Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB1234 — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1257.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1607.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-07-01** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2019-07-01** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2019-08-15** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2289.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2898.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 288, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92d7cd21-d246-4be6-bdd0-0b050e1e229f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).