---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education."
description: "Public postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 262"
citation: "California AB 262 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Coto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-05"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb384923-a05c-4eb5-afd2-8956ada151ac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262"
source_hash: "b7381000eee9e757a59b92508bf6bebfccc094a92ee94e3da1beb8535f5873e7"
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 262 (20072008) — Public postsecondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262&version=20070AB26299INT)
2. **05/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262&version=20070AB26298AMD)
3. **06/21/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262&version=20070AB26297AMD)
4. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262&version=20070AB26296AMD)
5. **08/22/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262&version=20070AB26295AMD)
6. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262&version=20070AB26293CHP)
7. **AB262** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262)
8. **09/17/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB262&version=20070AB26294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 262 COTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB262 Coto By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 262 COTO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Coto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2007-02-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-24** Action rescinded and record expunged whereby the bill was read third time and whereby a final roll call vote was taken.
- **2007-05-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 31. Page 1706.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-21** 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`
- **2007-07-03** 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`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-22** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2304.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-06** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2997.)
- **2007-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 27. Page 3070.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb384923-a05c-4eb5-afd2-8956ada151ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).