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Bill	California State University: Early Start Program.	Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University (CSU) , as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2497	California AB 2497 (20112012)	bill	California State University: Early Start Program.	enacted	Solorio	7	26	6	2012-02-24	2012-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/6628bff9-33b9-4ed4-8766-a1ce551df75b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2497	ba52b585ea57ee10401b0dac3da80d8f6e8df3e6da748f2b2dd04fc6d36639d8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2497 (20112012) — California State University: Early Start Program.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University (CSU) , as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/19/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/21/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2497 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/16/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2497 SOLORIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2497 SOLORIO Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Solorio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-15 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2012-03-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-04-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-19 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5136.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2012-06-18 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4446.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5904.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2012-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 430, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6628bff9-33b9-4ed4-8766-a1ce551df75b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).