republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1868.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School accountability: English language acquisition status: data."
description: "Existing law establishes the State Department of Education under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and assigns to the department numerous responsibilities relating to the governance of the public elementary and secondary schools in the state. Existing law establishes the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and requires the department to ensure that local educational agencies comply with certain requirements related to CAASPP."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1868"
citation: "California AB 1868 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School accountability: English language acquisition status: data."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2323fa3-761b-432d-b4ce-4c5711aadd46"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1868"
source_hash: "b02bd98bd707b51c2cd9c1c96ad4fde9feaf16f13a368aa65b0c408614831bd4"
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 1868 (20212022) — School accountability: English language acquisition status: data.

Existing law establishes the State Department of Education under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and assigns to the department numerous responsibilities relating to the governance of the public elementary and secondary schools in the state. Existing law establishes the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and requires the department to ensure that local educational agencies comply with certain requirements related to CAASPP.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1868&version=20210AB186899INT)
2. **03/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1868&version=20210AB186898AMD)
3. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1868&version=20210AB186897AMD)
4. **06/21/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1868&version=20210AB186896AMD)
5. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1868&version=20210AB186894CHP)
6. **AB1868** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1868)
7. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1868&version=20210AB186895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1868 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB1868 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1868 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Valladares — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-22** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4966.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4977.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 907, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2323fa3-761b-432d-b4ce-4c5711aadd46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).