republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2736.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: California State University."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requires, commencing on January 1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, that the Legislative Analyst's Office, in consultation with the university, submit a report to the Legislature including specified data relating to the California State University Early Start Program. Existing law makes these provisions regarding the Early Start Program inoperative on January 1, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2736"
citation: "California AB 2736 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: California State University."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2014-02-26"
last_action: "2014-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7296948-80f7-429d-83c0-ffda7e77dd90"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2736"
source_hash: "9eb9101c15966aae56379ea664fa947cc1a4948ae827e881c9d44c21330cc7a8"
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 2736 (20132014) — Postsecondary education: California State University.

(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requires, commencing on January 1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, that the Legislative Analyst's Office, in consultation with the university, submit a report to the Legislature including specified data relating to the California State University Early Start Program. Existing law makes these provisions regarding the Early Start Program inoperative on January 1, 2018.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2736&version=20130AB273699INT)
2. **04/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2736&version=20130AB273698AMD)
3. **06/09/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2736&version=20130AB273697AMD)
4. **06/26/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2736&version=20130AB273696AMD)
5. **09/20/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2736&version=20130AB273694CHP)
6. **AB2736** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2736)
7. **08/29/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2736&version=20130AB273695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2736 HIGHER ED. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WILLIAMS — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2736 Committee on HIGHER ED. (Williams By Lara — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2736 HIGHER ED. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- amendments be concurred in. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4641.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4555.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-19** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-26** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6536.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 511, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7296948-80f7-429d-83c0-ffda7e77dd90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).