republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-404.md

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Bill	Community colleges: accreditation.	(1) 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 imposes numerous duties on the board of governors with respect to these administrative responsibilities, including a requirement to review the accreditation status of community colleges in certain circumstances.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 404	California AB 404 (20152016)	bill	Community colleges: accreditation.	enacted	Chiu	6	24	8	2015-02-19	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/23fe7657-d73d-48af-8823-f57df06268b5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB404	f87df8b44d4c1af656a41ebd461bfe88150630f225ccce5cd20904d61c05178e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 404 (20152016) — Community colleges: accreditation.

(1) 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 imposes numerous duties on the board of governors with respect to these administrative responsibilities, including a requirement to review the accreditation status of community colleges in certain circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/10/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB404 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/09/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 404 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 404 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB404 Chiu By Leno — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Williams — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2015-03-02 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 From Consent Calendar.
• 2015-05-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1428.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-13 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2397.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2909.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 623, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23fe7657-d73d-48af-8823-f57df06268b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).