---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private postsecondary and vocational education: Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: California Postsecondary Education Commission: report."
description: "Private postsecondary and vocational education: Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: California Postsecondary Education Commission: report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1720"
citation: "California AB 1720 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private postsecondary and vocational education: Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: California Postsecondary Education Commission: report."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2001-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfdb8607-c227-41b3-9368-05a99f9f2754"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1720"
source_hash: "1f86e5808d2adcd4bc73a35de3361cf0e72f3226709571ebfd917a3c9c8f038d"
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 1720 (20012002) — Private postsecondary and vocational education: Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee: Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education: California Postsecondary Education Commission: report.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/14/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1720&version=20010AB172099INT)
2. **06/19/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1720&version=20010AB172098AMD)
3. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1720&version=20010AB172097AMD)
4. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1720&version=20010AB172096AMD)
5. **10/01/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1720&version=20010AB172094CHP)
6. **AB1720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1720)
7. **09/04/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1720&version=20010AB172095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #28 AB1720 Committee on Higher Ed (Alquist) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1720 HIGHER ED. Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1720 HIGHER ED. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2001-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3420.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-08-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-18** Joint Rule 61(a)(9) suspended (Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection).
- **2001-07-18** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-18** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2057.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
- **2001-03-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfdb8607-c227-41b3-9368-05a99f9f2754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).