republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2791.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: disability services."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the public postsecondary institutions request, and the state provide, through the state budget process, funds to cover the actual cost of providing services and instruction, consistent with specified principles, to disabled students in their respective postsecondary institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2791"
citation: "California AB 2791 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: disability services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4ea677e-d077-4f69-ba98-5e080d5b8f55"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2791"
source_hash: "4a7d312ecc9ce90a5027d5d1dd46f81e83d6fe4121494a82d4abd8880f55a7f1"
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 2791 (20152016) — Community colleges: disability services.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the public postsecondary institutions request, and the state provide, through the state budget process, funds to cover the actual cost of providing services and instruction, consistent with specified principles, to disabled students in their respective postsecondary institutions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2791&version=20150AB279199INT)
2. **03/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2791&version=20150AB279198AMD)
3. **07/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2791&version=20150AB279196CHP)
4. **AB2791** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2791)
5. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2791&version=20150AB279197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2791 MEDINA Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-29** 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`
- **2016-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **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** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4789.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4652.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 109, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4ea677e-d077-4f69-ba98-5e080d5b8f55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).