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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public schools: adult school students: Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program."
+description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to allow pupils whom the district has determined would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work to attend community college as special part-time or full-time students, subject to parental permission."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20192020"
+identifier: "SB 554"
+citation: "California SB 554 (20192020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public schools: adult school students: Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-10-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a8fc4b-f86f-4e38-9dd4-3ad3c0c97e9c"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554"
+source_hash: "d9721e9b415e4985f794584c38dd7dc2ed88f834556f6bd1dd0e3a8551aa09cd"
+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 554 (20192020) — Public schools: adult school students: Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program.
+
+Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to allow pupils whom the district has determined would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work to attend community college as special part-time or full-time students, subject to parental permission.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554&version=20190SB55499INT)
+2. **04/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554&version=20190SB55498AMD)
+3. **10/04/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554&version=20190SB55496CHP)
+4. **SB554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554)
+5. **09/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554&version=20190SB55497ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Special Consent SB554 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 554 Roth Senate Third Reading By Gabriel — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Roth — primary (person)
+- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
+- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-08** Set for hearing April 3.
+- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 548.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-18** Set for hearing April 29.
+- **2019-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
+- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1103.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1278.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2019-06-06** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2019-08-14** August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2019-08-30** Coauthors revised.
+- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3048.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2019-09-05** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9 a.m.
+- **2019-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 528, Statutes of 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a8fc4b-f86f-4e38-9dd4-3ad3c0c97e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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