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Bill	Postsecondary education: University of California: student transfers.	Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the University of California to continue its examination of articulation of lower division major prerequisites in high-demand transfer majors with a goal of working in collaboration with the California Community Colleges to design community college transfer degrees that provide students adequate preparation for entry into a major. Existing law also requests the University of California to consider and implement other specified actions to increase transfer between the university and the California Community Colleges.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2137	California AB 2137 (20152016)	bill	Postsecondary education: University of California: student transfers.	enacted	Santiago	7	24	5	2016-02-17	2016-08-29	openstates	ocd-bill/938098f3-b7d1-41f5-9648-d8c071efe3df	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2137	f54e9685c60e76ad667c459e19c219c7886111dac58984f1ff91918dbebb3060	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2137 (20152016) — Postsecondary education: University of California: student transfers.

Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the University of California to continue its examination of articulation of lower division major prerequisites in high-demand transfer majors with a goal of working in collaboration with the California Community Colleges to design community college transfer degrees that provide students adequate preparation for entry into a major. Existing law also requests the University of California to consider and implement other specified actions to increase transfer between the university and the California Community Colleges.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/28/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/27/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2137 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/12/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2137 SANTIAGO Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2016-03-28 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, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5101.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-06-15 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4873.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-11 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2016-08-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 226, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/938098f3-b7d1-41f5-9648-d8c071efe3df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).