republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-223.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil personnel services: child welfare and attendance services."
description: "Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Under existing law, the services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services authorizes the holder to perform, at all grade levels, the pupil personnel service approved by the commission as designated on the credential, including, among others, in child welfare and attendance services, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 223"
citation: "California SB 223 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil personnel services", "child welfare and attendance services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Menjivar"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93e27cf8-4f51-463b-bc66-d4fc75c2087c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB223"
source_hash: "9d863b8e9174fcdebb5098ec450192b1d1d754462b3543cf01f964efe65eeaeb"
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 223 (20232024) — Pupil personnel services: child welfare and attendance services.

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to, among other duties, establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Under existing law, the services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services authorizes the holder to perform, at all grade levels, the pupil personnel service approved by the commission as designated on the credential, including, among others, in child welfare and attendance services, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB223&version=20230SB22399INT)
2. **09/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB223&version=20230SB22397CHP)
3. **SB223** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB223)
4. **08/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB223&version=20230SB22398ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 223 Menjivar Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Menjivar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2023-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 450.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1161.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1296.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** June 28 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2801.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2023-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 175, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93e27cf8-4f51-463b-bc66-d4fc75c2087c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).