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Bill	Postsecondary education: community college contracting practices.	(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the University of California, and the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 653	California AB 653 (20152016)	bill	Postsecondary education: community college contracting practices.	enacted	Levine	6	21	6	2015-02-24	2015-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/5bfd4c52-8ba3-4267-8e8f-856c4b777942	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB653	cb7f3a23507f8b42c8b3d8bf83a7b6d64c81eb99cc075536f3f1b37feb5ace39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 653 (20152016) — Postsecondary education: community college contracting practices.

(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the University of California, and the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/15/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/30/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB653 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 653 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB653 Levine By Block — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 653 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1142.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-06-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-15 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
• 2015-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2146.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2609.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bfd4c52-8ba3-4267-8e8f-856c4b777942. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).