republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-940.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to conduct an extraordinary audit of the Compton Community College District and file a written status report at regular intervals with specified persons, including the Secretary for Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 940"
citation: "California SB 940 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-03-24"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06252f10-f6d2-4e80-a8ee-95befa39c484"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB940"
source_hash: "810ed98a84ef58ceb05b68283b96cf73f06a6b7e3034b560c44baa3c1a76838d"
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 SB 940 (20112012) — Education.

(1) Existing law requires the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to conduct an extraordinary audit of the Compton Community College District and file a written status report at regular intervals with specified persons, including the Secretary for Education.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/24/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB940&version=20110SB94099INT)
2. **04/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB940&version=20110SB94098AMD)
3. **06/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB940&version=20110SB94097AMD)
4. **08/18/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB940&version=20110SB94096AMD)
5. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB940&version=20110SB94094CHP)
6. **SB940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB940)
7. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB940&version=20110SB94095ENR)

## Votes

- SB 940 E.D. Senate Third Reading By BLOCK — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB940 Committee on Ed. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB940 Committee on Ed. (Lowenthal) Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-03-24** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-03-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 24.
- **2011-03-31** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2011-04-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 851.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1063.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-18** Read third time and amended. (Page 2450.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2507.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2162.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 349, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06252f10-f6d2-4e80-a8ee-95befa39c484`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).