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Bill	California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: exemptions.	Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act exempts an institution from its provisions, if any of a list of specific criteria are met.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 509	California AB 509 (20152016)	bill	California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: exemptions.	enacted	Perea	7	28	7	2015-02-23	2015-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/1a38811e-658b-4207-a54e-c8b6af6b4563	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB509	f84bd813d2a864b4fb088871f6c57c789f632993742a6ec7591f9be0f29ef35e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 509 (20152016) — California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: exemptions.

Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act exempts an institution from its provisions, if any of a list of specific criteria are met.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB509 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB509 Perea By Mendoza — 27–13 (pass) · upper
• AB 509 PEREA Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 509 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Perea — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1447.) 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 Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and ED. referral-committee
• 2015-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-23 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
• 2015-06-24 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2015-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2015-06-29 Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2292.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 2770.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 558, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a38811e-658b-4207-a54e-c8b6af6b4563. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).