republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2203.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: college textbooks."
description: "Existing law establishes the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. These segments include the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2203"
citation: "California AB 2203 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: college textbooks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2010-02-18"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d697ec07-7e80-4815-b350-f89eea13a216"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203"
source_hash: "29c59544b172b770609dd0082b595787eebec3739d26b3f3f964772b4435a6fc"
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 2203 (20092010) — Public postsecondary education: college textbooks.

Existing law establishes the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. These segments include the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203&version=20090AB220399INT)
2. **03/15/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203&version=20090AB220398AMD)
3. **04/08/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203&version=20090AB220397AMD)
4. **06/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203&version=20090AB220396AMD)
5. **08/09/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203&version=20090AB220395AMD)
6. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203&version=20090AB220393CHP)
7. **AB2203** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203)
8. **08/19/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2203&version=20090AB220394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2203 SOLORIO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2203 SOLORIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2203 Solorio By Correa — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Solorio — primary (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-15** 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`
- **2010-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-08** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4942.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-15** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-16** 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`
- **2010-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-05** From Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** (Corrected August 11.)
- **2010-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4456.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6224.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d697ec07-7e80-4815-b350-f89eea13a216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).