---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education."
description: "Postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2260"
citation: "California AB 2260 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-21"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ce9cdc4-ffa8-4e40-af4c-d987f3218dba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2260"
source_hash: "c874c0260bf762b316555f377ca9bb446a9a44bd571bcca37e5043d81910c5b1"
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 2260 (20072008) — Postsecondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2260&version=20070AB226099INT)
2. **06/09/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2260&version=20070AB226098AMD)
3. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2260&version=20070AB226096CHP)
4. **AB2260** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2260)
5. **07/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2260&version=20070AB226097ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2260 HIGHER ED. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By PORTANTINO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2260 HIGHER ED. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #32 AB2260 Committee on HIGHER ED. (Portanti — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4932.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-09** 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, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4639.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6053.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 235, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ce9cdc4-ffa8-4e40-af4c-d987f3218dba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).