---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of California: California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001."
description: "The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 226"
citation: "California AB 226 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001", "University of California"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramos"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35d39b6a-6b69-4424-98e2-501662bd999a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB226"
source_hash: "5e372a47c3a66c174e9817d9fe027d5214bd5559bdb19ca1a96539c2f0f55a13"
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 226 (20232024) — University of California: California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 2001.

The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/11/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB226&version=20230AB22699INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB226&version=20230AB22698AMD)
3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB226&version=20230AB22697AMD)
4. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB226&version=20230AB22695CHP)
5. **AB226** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB226)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB226&version=20230AB22696ENR)

## Votes

- AB 226 Ramos Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB226 Ramos et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 226 Ramos Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ramos — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — author (person)
- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Ta — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1707.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2764.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3544.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35d39b6a-6b69-4424-98e2-501662bd999a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).