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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Teacher credentialing: computer science instruction: workgroup."
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description: "Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other duties, to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a single subject teaching credential only in specified subjects and authorizes the commission to issue an authorization to teach a subject other than the one authorized by a single subject teaching credential if the holder of the credential meets certain requirements. Existing regulations of the commission authorize the holder of a single subject teaching credential who meets those requirements to add a supplementary authorization to teach specified subjects, including computer science."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1251"
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citation: "California AB 1251 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Teacher credentialing", "computer science instruction", "workgroup"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90b5001e-7cca-4181-a8f3-c2a95b8b2f4a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1251"
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source_hash: "df2df20583347964fff305f2e375260654dfe3d6d7424a93a487b4ce80dfb7bc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1251 (20232024) — Teacher credentialing: computer science instruction: workgroup.
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Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, among other duties, to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires the commission to issue a single subject teaching credential only in specified subjects and authorizes the commission to issue an authorization to teach a subject other than the one authorized by a single subject teaching credential if the holder of the credential meets certain requirements. Existing regulations of the commission authorize the holder of a single subject teaching credential who meets those requirements to add a supplementary authorization to teach specified subjects, including computer science.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1251&version=20230AB125199INT)
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2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1251&version=20230AB125198AMD)
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3. **04/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1251&version=20230AB125197AMD)
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4. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1251&version=20230AB125195CHP)
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5. **AB1251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1251)
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6. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1251&version=20230AB125196ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1251 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent AB1251 Luz Rivas et al. By Becker — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
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- Becker — principal coauthor (person)
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- Berman — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2023-03-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** 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`
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- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1766.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-26** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2688.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 834, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90b5001e-7cca-4181-a8f3-c2a95b8b2f4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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