---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to establish and maintain community service classes and classes for adults in civic, vocational, literacy, health, homemaking, technical, and general education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 383"
citation: "California SB 383 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/555f009e-eec2-4702-8162-c28b20c19815"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB383"
source_hash: "d992a4e18e04324e296f0fe440a9a6fd5d80f1ffaa10ff3700ce08c99e911ff6"
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 SB 383 (20192020) — Postsecondary education: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to establish and maintain community service classes and classes for adults in civic, vocational, literacy, health, homemaking, technical, and general education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB383&version=20190SB38399INT)
2. **04/02/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB383&version=20190SB38398AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB383&version=20190SB38397AMD)
4. **07/10/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB383&version=20190SB38395CHP)
5. **SB383** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB383)
6. **07/01/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB383&version=20190SB38396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB383 ED. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 383 ED. Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1003.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2459.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 77, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/555f009e-eec2-4702-8162-c28b20c19815`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).