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CA AB 1119

enacted

Teacher credentialing: dual credentialing.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1119 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1119 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1119 about?

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the commission to issue a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided. This bill would require the commission, on or before March 1, 2027, to develop, establish, and promulgate through the regulatory process efficient routes for (1) teacher candidates to obtain (A) a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, and (B) an education specialist credential, known as dual credentialing, as provided, (2) existing teachers who hold a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential to obtain an education specialist credential, and (3) existing teachers who hold an education specialist credential to obtain a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided.

Who sponsors CA AB 1119?

Patel is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1119.

Description

Existing law requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to establish standards for the issuance and renewal of credentials, certificates, and permits. Existing law requires, as a minimum requirement for a preliminary multiple subject, single subject, or education specialist teaching credential, the satisfactory completion of a program of professional preparation, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the commission to issue a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided. This bill would require the commission, on or before March 1, 2027, to develop, establish, and promulgate through the regulatory process efficient routes for (1) teacher candidates to obtain (A) a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, and (B) an education specialist credential, known as dual credentialing, as provided, (2) existing teachers who hold a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential to obtain an education specialist credential, and (3) existing teachers who hold an education specialist credential to obtain a multiple subject credential, a single subject credential, or a PK–3 early childhood education specialist instruction credential, as provided.

Introduced
2025-03-27
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Patelauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on ED.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-27

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26).

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  5. 2025-03-28

    Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-04-01

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-04-30

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  8. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  9. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2058.)

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  11. 2025-06-05

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on ED.

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-06-27

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  14. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  16. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  17. 2025-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2251.).

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  18. 2025-08-26

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  19. 2025-08-29

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2792.).

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  20. 2025-09-04

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  21. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  22. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 390, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 06/27/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-27Compare
  • 09/03/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-03Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • AB1119Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-03-26 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Patel: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other
  • AB 1119 Patel Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-09 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-08-25 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Reyes: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Hurtado: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • Rubio: other
  • AB 1119 Patel Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-08-29 · pass · 70-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Elhawary: other
    • Papan: other
    • McKinnor: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Lee: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Berman: other
    • Flora: other

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