republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2385.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pilot Program for Innovative Nursing and Allied Health Care Profession Education at the California Community Colleges."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, each of which is administered by a governing board, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2385"
citation: "California AB 2385 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pilot Program for Innovative Nursing and Allied Health Care Profession Education at the California Community Colleges."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Perez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41981f59-5160-4a5c-b1f6-23eb7e3bc943"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385"
source_hash: "5c4e828b1ab4c4235c150a4414ea1180b9d9c159f560533f73a08c4e633065d5"
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 2385 (20092010) — Pilot Program for Innovative Nursing and Allied Health Care Profession Education at the California Community Colleges.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, each of which is administered by a governing board, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385&version=20090AB238599INT)
2. **03/25/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385&version=20090AB238598AMD)
3. **04/22/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385&version=20090AB238597AMD)
4. **06/01/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385&version=20090AB238596AMD)
5. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385&version=20090AB238595AMD)
6. **08/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385&version=20090AB238594AMD)
7. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385&version=20090AB238592CHP)
8. **AB2385** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385)
9. **08/31/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2385&version=20090AB238593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2385 PEREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading By BUCHANAN — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2385 John A. Perez By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2385 PEREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Perez — primary (person)
- Buchanan — principal coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-03-25** 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`
- **2010-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 5566.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-06-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 4778.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-24** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6558.)
- **2010-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 7. Page 6638.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41981f59-5160-4a5c-b1f6-23eb7e3bc943`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).