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type: "Bill"
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title: "Special education: braille instructional aide: notice of teacher credentialing programs."
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description: "Existing law authorizes a local educational agency to reinforce braille instruction using a braille instructional aide who meets specified criteria under the supervision of a teacher who holds an appropriate credential to teach pupils who are functionally blind or visually impaired. Existing law requires a local educational agency to provide a braille instructional aide with information regarding certain teacher credentialing programs, including the Wildman-Keeley-Solis Exemplary Teacher Training Act of 1997 and the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967."
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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 497"
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citation: "California AB 497 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Special education", "braille instructional aide", "notice of teacher credentialing programs"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Quirk-Silva"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-07"
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last_action: "2023-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/580b05d4-d49f-449e-968b-0e8e676f436d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497"
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source_hash: "1c8e7301d333f7538abc51d8b6fef6254a9a77edae1ec2c149f2b850368df5ae"
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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 497 (20232024) — Special education: braille instructional aide: notice of teacher credentialing programs.
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Existing law authorizes a local educational agency to reinforce braille instruction using a braille instructional aide who meets specified criteria under the supervision of a teacher who holds an appropriate credential to teach pupils who are functionally blind or visually impaired. Existing law requires a local educational agency to provide a braille instructional aide with information regarding certain teacher credentialing programs, including the Wildman-Keeley-Solis Exemplary Teacher Training Act of 1997 and the Teacher Education Internship Act of 1967.
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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. **02/07/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497&version=20230AB49799INT)
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2. **06/29/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497&version=20230AB49797CHP)
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3. **AB497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497)
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4. **06/16/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB497&version=20230AB49798ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar AB497 Quirk-Silva — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 497 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1363.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-06-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1574.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-15** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2023-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2023-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, 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/580b05d4-d49f-449e-968b-0e8e676f436d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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