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Bill	Public postsecondary education: campus law enforcement agency and student liaison.	Existing law prohibits the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the governing board of a community college district from making or enforcing a rule subjecting a student to disciplinary sanction solely on the basis of conduct that is speech or other communication that is protected by specified provisions of the United States Constitution and the California Constitution.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1955	California AB 1955 (20112012)	bill	Public postsecondary education: campus law enforcement agency and student liaison.	enacted	Block	5	19	6	2012-02-23	2012-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/79c2ff7f-97bc-434b-8bea-e5bf8e0a9177	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1955	3c852ff5f678e4819ca67acc8efdceedae6b203b61c35c1079b8fa3e9b8035da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1955 (20112012) — Public postsecondary education: campus law enforcement agency and student liaison.

Existing law prohibits the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the governing board of a community college district from making or enforcing a rule subjecting a student to disciplinary sanction solely on the basis of conduct that is speech or other communication that is protected by specified provisions of the United States Constitution and the California Constitution.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/21/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/26/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1955 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1955 BLOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1955 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1955 Block By Alquist — 25–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Block — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2012-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4569.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-03 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-06-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-21 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 4571.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 6106.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 581, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79c2ff7f-97bc-434b-8bea-e5bf8e0a9177. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).