republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-440.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges and the California State University as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, encourages community colleges to facilitate the acceptance of credits earned at other community colleges toward the associate degree for transfer. The act also requires the California State University to guarantee admission with junior status to a community college student who meets the requirements for the associate degree for transfer, and provides that admission to the California State University under these provisions does not guarantee admission for specific majors or campuses. A student admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act is entitled to receive priority over all other community college transfer students, excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the California State University prior to the fall term of the 2012–13 academic year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 440"
citation: "California SB 440 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2013-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55ec9000-c834-4d62-8749-3f4dd0937cfa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440"
source_hash: "d58891bae3f01f0a1082a3d248a29fb4380acd800ccb04791c0c1742565818b4"
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 440 (20132014) — Public postsecondary education: Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges and the California State University as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, encourages community colleges to facilitate the acceptance of credits earned at other community colleges toward the associate degree for transfer. The act also requires the California State University to guarantee admission with junior status to a community college student who meets the requirements for the associate degree for transfer, and provides that admission to the California State University under these provisions does not guarantee admission for specific majors or campuses. A student admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act is entitled to receive priority over all other community college transfer students, excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the California State University prior to the fall term of the 2012–13 academic year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440&version=20130SB44099INT)
2. **04/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440&version=20130SB44098AMD)
3. **05/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440&version=20130SB44097AMD)
4. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440&version=20130SB44096AMD)
5. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440&version=20130SB44095AMD)
6. **10/10/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440&version=20130SB44093CHP)
7. **SB440** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440)
8. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB440&version=20130SB44094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB440 Padilla Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 440 Padilla Senate Third Reading By WEBER — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-11** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 786.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-13** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1014.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1116.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3020.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2289.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2013-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 720, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55ec9000-c834-4d62-8749-3f4dd0937cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).