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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: administrative services credential: internship program."
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description: "Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law sets forth the minimum requirements for a preliminary services credential with a specialization in administrative services, which include, among other requirements, possession of one of various types of credentials and the completion of either an entry-level program of specialized and professional preparation in administrative services or a one-year internship in a program of supervised training in administrative services, as provided."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 959"
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citation: "California AB 959 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Teachercredentialing", "administrativeservicescredential", "internshipprogram"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hadwick"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a65df7-d00a-4d3e-a18d-d1d498ba54d3"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB959"
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source_hash: "22d4e10a89b6f54bc1fdfe3ddfc8c97028372a72154a79f730c5c766de1063a2"
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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 959 (20252026) — Teacher credentialing: administrative services credential: internship program.
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Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law sets forth the minimum requirements for a preliminary services credential with a specialization in administrative services, which include, among other requirements, possession of one of various types of credentials and the completion of either an entry-level program of specialized and professional preparation in administrative services or a one-year internship in a program of supervised training in administrative services, as provided.
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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. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB959&version=20250AB95999INT)
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2. **03/17/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB959&version=20250AB95998AMD)
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3. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB959&version=20250AB95997AMD)
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4. **09/05/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB959&version=20250AB95996AMD)
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5. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB959&version=20250AB95994CHP)
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6. **AB959** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB959)
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7. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB959&version=20250AB95995ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent AB959 Hadwick By Rubio — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- AB 959 Hadwick Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 959 Hadwick Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hadwick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
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- **2025-03-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** 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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- **2025-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1930.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-07** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2933.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
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- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3503.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 171, Statutes of 2025. `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/65a65df7-d00a-4d3e-a18d-d1d498ba54d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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