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Bill	Private postsecondary education: unaccredited doctoral degree program.	Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary schools in the state. The act prohibits certain types of conduct by regulated institutions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 611	California AB 611 (20112012)	bill	Private postsecondary education: unaccredited doctoral degree program.	enacted	Gordon	5	21	7	2011-02-16	2011-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/80b26898-54a7-44c3-8e27-a8c631ace888	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB611	a04eef040927c15be2b68844752f25be0f126d2efbf799892cae2eb9cf756e44	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 611 (20112012) — Private postsecondary education: unaccredited doctoral degree program.

Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary schools in the state. The act prohibits certain types of conduct by regulated institutions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/25/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB611 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/06/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Education. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 611 GORDON Consent Calendar Second Day — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gordon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2011-03-03 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2011-03-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2011-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1354.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-26 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and ED. referral-committee
• 2011-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) . Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2011-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1688.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-07-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2011-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
• 2011-07-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-07-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80b26898-54a7-44c3-8e27-a8c631ace888. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).