republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-478.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission on Teacher Credentialing: membership."
description: "Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, consisting of 15 voting members, including 4 representatives of the public. Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, the California Postsecondary Education Commission, and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities to each appoint a representative to serve as nonvoting members of the commission. Existing law authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to appoint an alternative representative to serve on the commission in the absence of the California Postsecondary Education Commission's representative."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 478"
citation: "California SB 478 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Teacher Credentialing: membership."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65c61bc0-9c77-4cdf-9990-8a18aa9c7b53"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB478"
source_hash: "c62ed4169a4d0c79f12cc6ed8e6f5fd097dab16c737689f4537a47564527f7e0"
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 478 (20192020) — Commission on Teacher Credentialing: membership.

Existing law establishes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, consisting of 15 voting members, including 4 representatives of the public. Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, the California Postsecondary Education Commission, and the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities to each appoint a representative to serve as nonvoting members of the commission. Existing law authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to appoint an alternative representative to serve on the commission in the absence of the California Postsecondary Education Commission's representative.

## 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=201920200SB478&version=20190SB47899INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB478&version=20190SB47898AMD)
3. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB478&version=20190SB47896CHP)
4. **SB478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB478)
5. **07/15/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB478&version=20190SB47897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 478 Rubio Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2019-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 649.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2019-04-29** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 960.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2627.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65c61bc0-9c77-4cdf-9990-8a18aa9c7b53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).