---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private postsecondary education."
description: "Private postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1525"
citation: "California AB 1525 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Private postsecondary education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bd7fd4f-6f81-4b0e-8c52-9bd0fd4e688b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525"
source_hash: "b4b6fdc8a751cd57d3db7842cd1b1107c8eb89dd97e51b0abe6b878c48529fcc"
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 1525 (20072008) — Private postsecondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525&version=20070AB152599INT)
2. **04/16/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525&version=20070AB152598AMD)
3. **04/26/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525&version=20070AB152597AMD)
4. **06/06/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525&version=20070AB152596AMD)
5. **06/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525&version=20070AB152595AMD)
6. **06/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525&version=20070AB152594AMD)
7. **07/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525&version=20070AB152592CHP)
8. **AB1525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525)
9. **07/12/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1525&version=20070AB152593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1525 Cook Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1525 COOK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1525 COOK Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1423.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2007-05-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development and Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** 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 Economic Development. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-07-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 1720.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-07-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2477.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2007-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bd7fd4f-6f81-4b0e-8c52-9bd0fd4e688b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).