republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "English learners: initial identification: English language proficiency assessment."
description: "Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, each county office of education and each charter school, to assess the English language development of each pupil in order to determine the pupil's level of proficiency, as specified. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to establish procedures for conducting the assessment and for the reclassification of a pupil from English learner to English proficient. Existing law requires those reclassification procedures to utilize multiple criteria in determining whether to reclassify a pupil as proficient in English, including, among other things, an assessment of language proficiency using the English language development test that is developed or acquired by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, as provided. Existing law requires the assessment for initial identification to be conducted upon the initial enrollment of a pupil, as provided. Existing law requires the English language development test to assess pupils in kindergarten and grade 1 in English listening and speaking, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2268"
citation: "California AB 2268 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["English language proficiency assessment", "English learners", "initial identification"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38056d57-2893-40a9-98dc-c755684977d0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2268"
source_hash: "1e6240f8e8e9db8703c8eef42c137f82361109021bd45fe3d77eb749382d9d36"
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 2268 (20232024) — English learners: initial identification: English language proficiency assessment.

Existing law requires each school district that has one or more pupils who are English learners, and, to the extent required by federal law, each county office of education and each charter school, to assess the English language development of each pupil in order to determine the pupil's level of proficiency, as specified. Existing law requires the State Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to establish procedures for conducting the assessment and for the reclassification of a pupil from English learner to English proficient. Existing law requires those reclassification procedures to utilize multiple criteria in determining whether to reclassify a pupil as proficient in English, including, among other things, an assessment of language proficiency using the English language development test that is developed or acquired by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, as provided. Existing law requires the assessment for initial identification to be conducted upon the initial enrollment of a pupil, as provided. Existing law requires the English language development test to assess pupils in kindergarten and grade 1 in English listening and speaking, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2268&version=20230AB226899INT)
2. **05/08/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2268&version=20230AB226898AMD)
3. **06/14/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2268&version=20230AB226896CHP)
4. **AB2268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2268)
5. **06/13/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2268&version=20230AB226897ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd (Urgency Clause) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2268 Muratsuchi Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2268 Muratsuchi Concurrence - Urgency Added — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Muratsuchi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4744.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4355.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-06-13** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5848.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2024-06-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-06-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38056d57-2893-40a9-98dc-c755684977d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).