---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education."
description: "Public postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2615"
citation: "California AB 2615 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/916ed182-ad37-4f8f-9bdc-cf4f3737f1e5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2615"
source_hash: "c5204a8a86bceeb58f6f39b0b069442331af07151e7250165dda18cb0491e1e6"
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 2615 (20032004) — Public postsecondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2615&version=20030AB261599INT)
2. **05/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2615&version=20030AB261598AMD)
3. **06/02/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2615&version=20030AB261597AMD)
4. **06/16/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2615&version=20030AB261596AMD)
5. **08/30/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2615&version=20030AB261594CHP)
6. **AB2615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2615)
7. **08/12/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2615&version=20030AB261595ENR)

## Votes

- special consent cale ab2615 committee on higher ed (liu) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2615 higher ed. concurrence in senate amendments by liu — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2615 higher ed. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 349, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7054.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4625.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-06-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Corrected June 24. ) (Corrected June 25. ). `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-02** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2004-05-19** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5430.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/916ed182-ad37-4f8f-9bdc-cf4f3737f1e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).