Advisory Commission on Special Education.
Summary
Existing law establishes the Advisory Commission on Special Education as an entity in state government consisting of 17 members to, among other things, study and provide assistance and advice to the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Legislature, and the Governor in new or continuing areas of research, program development, and evaluation in special education. This bill would increase the number of members on the commission to 19 and would require the commission to appoint 2 pupils with exceptional needs, 16 to 22 years of age, inclusive, to the commission for a term of one year, as provided.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Jun 2022
Senate Passage
Jan 2022
Assembly Passage
Aug 2022
Signed into Law
Sep 2022
Introduced Feb 1, 2021
Signed Sep 30, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2022 · Assembly Aug 22, 2022
How they voted
36–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 40
Jan 24, 2022
D
Democratic31
93% Yea
R
Republican9
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
11
Committee
4
Amendments
7
Sep 30, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 30, 2022
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5341.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Aug 22, 2022
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Aug 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5997.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Aug 18, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and amended.
lower
Jun 29, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 29).
lower
Jun 20, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jun 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15).
lower
May 5, 2022
Committee
Referred to Com. on ED.
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2801.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
May 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
upper
May 20, 2021
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1186.) (May 20).
upper
Mar 10, 2021
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 667.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to Com. on ED.
upper
Feb 1, 2021
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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