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Bill	Community colleges: open education resources centers.	Community colleges: open education resources centers.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 2261	California AB 2261 (20072008)	bill	Community colleges: open education resources centers.	enacted	Ruskin	8	27	8	2008-02-21	2008-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/79005f5c-7978-47ac-982e-8df75c15a806	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2261	0a1e1f73d75af622d449355cef23f5c1b30f79222bf724d427d3fdf6369e4005	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2261 (20072008) — Community colleges: open education resources centers.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/08 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/08 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/12/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/18/08 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/08 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2261 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/03/08 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2261 Ruskin By Torlakson — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2261 RUSKIN Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2261 RUSKIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ruskin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2008-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2008-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2008-03-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. referral-committee
• 2008-03-25 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2008-04-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2008-04-10 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee
• 2008-04-17 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2008-04-23 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2008-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-05-27 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5480.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2008-06-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2008-06-18 Place on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
• 2008-06-26 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2008-08-04 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2008-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-12 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-18 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage
• 2008-08-19 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2008-08-21 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5289.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2008-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2008-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6906.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2008-09-18 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2008-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2008-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 671, Statutes of 2008.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79005f5c-7978-47ac-982e-8df75c15a806. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).