--- type: "Bill" title: "Pupils: attendance at community college." description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to authorize a pupil who meets specified criteria to attend community college. Existing law limits the number of pupils a principal is authorized to recommend for community college summer session pursuant to those provisions to 5% of the total number of pupils in any grade level, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 526" citation: "California AB 526 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Pupils: attendance at community college."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Holden"] version_count: 5 action_count: 32 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2015-02-23" last_action: "2016-09-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af6d411d-24c0-4dd2-a6ab-fa6e68ea4e13" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB526" source_hash: "81b425613498427bdcb320457c9b8a1f2d918eaa774d51095e3763ff23931089" 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 526 (20152016) — Pupils: attendance at community college. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to authorize a pupil who meets specified criteria to attend community college. Existing law limits the number of pupils a principal is authorized to recommend for community college summer session pursuant to those provisions to 5% of the total number of pupils in any grade level, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB526&version=20150AB52699INT) 2. **08/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB526&version=20150AB52698AMD) 3. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB526&version=20150AB52696CHP) 4. **AB526** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB526) 5. **09/02/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB526&version=20150AB52697ENR) ## Votes - AB 526 HOLDEN Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper - AB 526 HOLDEN Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower - With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **6–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB526 Holden By Fuller Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Holden — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26. - **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1219.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2015-07-02** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Monning. - **2016-08-17** From inactive file. - **2016-08-17** Ordered to second reading. - **2016-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee` - **2016-08-19** Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5166.) - **2016-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2016-08-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-08-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5421.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2016-08-30** Re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2016-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6474.) - **2016-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage` - **2016-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6531.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m. - **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 431, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af6d411d-24c0-4dd2-a6ab-fa6e68ea4e13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).