Postsecondary education: Master Plan for Higher Education.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education, in the context of the goals of the Master Plan for Higher Education in California. Among other things, the act expresses legislative intent to outline in statute the broad policy and programmatic goals of the master plan and to expect the higher education segments to be accountable for attaining those goals. The act also expresses legislative intent that the governing boards be given ample discretion in implementing policies and programs necessary to attain those goals.
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California Legislature
20092010
AB 1901
California AB 1901 (20092010)
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Postsecondary education: Master Plan for Higher Education.
California AB 1901 (20092010) — Postsecondary education: Master Plan for Higher Education.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education, in the context of the goals of the Master Plan for Higher Education in California. Among other things, the act expresses legislative intent to outline in statute the broad policy and programmatic goals of the master plan and to expect the higher education segments to be accountable for attaining those goals. The act also expresses legislative intent that the governing boards be given ample discretion in implementing policies and programs necessary to attain those goals.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1901 RUSKIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
AB 1901 RUSKIN Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Ruskin — primary (person)
Block — coauthor (person)
Carter — coauthor (person)
Furutani — coauthor (person)
Hancock — coauthor (person)
Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
Padilla — coauthor (person)
Portantino — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2010-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2010-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2010-04-05 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2010-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2010-04-21 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2010-05-19 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2010-05-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2010-05-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2010-05-24 Withdrawn from committee.
2010-05-24 To second reading.
2010-05-25 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2010-05-28 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5342.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2010-06-10 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2010-06-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
2010-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (June 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2010-08-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to Consent Calendar. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2010-08-05 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4371.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2010-08-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2010-08-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6093.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2010-08-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
2010-08-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2010-08-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2010.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c37c003-c570-417b-8058-4eff333fffca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).