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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Postsecondary education: community college contracting practices."
+description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the University of California, and the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 653"
+citation: "California AB 653 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Postsecondary education: community college contracting practices."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2015-02-24"
+last_action: "2015-09-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bfd4c52-8ba3-4267-8e8f-856c4b777942"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB653"
+source_hash: "cb7f3a23507f8b42c8b3d8bf83a7b6d64c81eb99cc075536f3f1b37feb5ace39"
+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 AB 653 (20152016) — Postsecondary education: community college contracting practices.
+
+(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the University of California, and the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB653&version=20150AB65399INT)
+2. **06/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB653&version=20150AB65398AMD)
+3. **06/30/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB653&version=20150AB65397AMD)
+4. **09/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB653&version=20150AB65395CHP)
+5. **AB653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB653)
+6. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB653&version=20150AB65396ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 653 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB653 Levine By Block — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 653 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Levine — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
+- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1142.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2015-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2015-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2146.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2015-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2609.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
+- **2015-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bfd4c52-8ba3-4267-8e8f-856c4b777942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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