---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: student parents."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the 3 public segments of postsecondary education in the state. The missions and functions of these segments are set forth in the Donahoe Higher Education Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2458"
citation: "California AB 2458 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education", "student parents"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c2a1955-9d09-4381-8413-be72e6d8686e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2458"
source_hash: "7ddbf129ed538341a1bc8ed8544b908ee4817db53eedfd8a4fce84b033b247f8"
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 2458 (20232024) — Public postsecondary education: student parents.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the 3 public segments of postsecondary education in the state. The missions and functions of these segments are set forth in the Donahoe Higher Education Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2458&version=20230AB245899INT)
2. **04/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2458&version=20230AB245898AMD)
3. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2458&version=20230AB245897AMD)
4. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2458&version=20230AB245896AMD)
5. **09/29/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2458&version=20230AB245894CHP)
6. **AB2458** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2458)
7. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2458&version=20230AB245895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2458 Berman et al. By Limón — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 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
- AB 2458 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2458 Berman Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Ashby — coauthor (person)
- Boerner — author (person)
- Limón — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5420.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-24** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 962, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c2a1955-9d09-4381-8413-be72e6d8686e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).