republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1901.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: Master Plan for Higher Education."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1901"
citation: "California AB 1901 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: Master Plan for Higher Education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ruskin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-16"
last_action: "2010-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c37c003-c570-417b-8058-4eff333fffca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901"
source_hash: "2fb1ef277a34f542cf0805b6462df1e31180f28cb49a83dd70f4eef571af475b"
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 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.

1. **02/16/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901&version=20090AB190199INT)
2. **04/05/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901&version=20090AB190198AMD)
3. **05/20/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901&version=20090AB190197AMD)
4. **06/23/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901&version=20090AB190196AMD)
5. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901&version=20090AB190195AMD)
6. **08/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901&version=20090AB190193CHP)
7. **AB1901** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901)
8. **08/12/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1901&version=20090AB190194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1901 Ruskin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c37c003-c570-417b-8058-4eff333fffca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).