---
type: "Bill"
title: "School attendance: early and middle college high schools."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the Legislature finds and declares that middle college high schools have proven to be a highly effective collaborative effort between local school districts and community colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 379"
citation: "California SB 379 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School attendance: early and middle college high schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c397ad9c-284d-47bf-84f0-66cb420561bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379"
source_hash: "57aa59635841ef13bf63289f9f16d3d8ad4e32fcbcac5a0b8181fb014deb90bb"
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 379 (20132014) — School attendance: early and middle college high schools.

(1) Under existing law, the Legislature finds and declares that middle college high schools have proven to be a highly effective collaborative effort between local school districts and community colleges.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379&version=20130SB37999INT)
2. **04/17/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379&version=20130SB37998AMD)
3. **06/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379&version=20130SB37997AMD)
4. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379&version=20130SB37996AMD)
5. **08/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379&version=20130SB37995AMD)
6. **09/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379&version=20130SB37993CHP)
7. **SB379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379)
8. **09/06/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB379&version=20130SB37994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #4 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 379 Hancock Senate Third Reading By MURATSUCHI — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB379 Hancock Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-12** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2013-04-01** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 695.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 816.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-08** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 907.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-30** Read third time and amended. (Page 2793.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2832.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2135.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 372, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c397ad9c-284d-47bf-84f0-66cb420561bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).