republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-386.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: cross-enrollment: online education at the California State University."
description: "Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes any student enrolled in any campus of any of these 3 respective segments who meets prescribed requirements to enroll without formal admission or payment of additional fees, except as provided, in a maximum of one course per academic term at a campus of either of the other segments on a space-available basis at the discretion of the appropriate campus authorities on both campuses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 386"
citation: "California AB 386 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: cross-enrollment: online education at the California State University."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-15"
last_action: "2013-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75803a46-48e6-4509-b35f-b704c77c38a1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386"
source_hash: "4f1f3ea51a1c84290a5892e8d1b9fe6646eb4b48f79f68396dd56b3002c6795a"
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 386 (20132014) — Public postsecondary education: cross-enrollment: online education at the California State University.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes any student enrolled in any campus of any of these 3 respective segments who meets prescribed requirements to enroll without formal admission or payment of additional fees, except as provided, in a maximum of one course per academic term at a campus of either of the other segments on a space-available basis at the discretion of the appropriate campus authorities on both campuses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386&version=20130AB38699INT)
2. **04/15/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386&version=20130AB38698AMD)
3. **04/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386&version=20130AB38697AMD)
4. **05/28/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386&version=20130AB38696AMD)
5. **07/10/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386&version=20130AB38695AMD)
6. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386&version=20130AB38694AMD)
7. **09/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386&version=20130AB38692CHP)
8. **AB386** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386)
9. **09/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB386&version=20130AB38693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 386 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 386 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB386 Levine By Block — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1829.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2235.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
- **2013-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3077.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75803a46-48e6-4509-b35f-b704c77c38a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).