republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-716.md

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Bill	California State University: special sessions.	Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, 23 institutions of higher education constitute the California State University. Existing law requires that tuition fees adequate to meet the cost of maintaining special sessions, as defined, in the California State University be collected from students enrolled in each special session pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the trustees. Existing law prohibits self-supporting special sessions, as defined, from supplanting regular course offerings available on a non-self-supporting basis during the regular academic year.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 716	California AB 716 (20152016)	bill	California State University: special sessions.	enacted	Low	4	18	5	2015-02-25	2015-09-03	openstates	ocd-bill/232a518f-d626-4a9a-b2cc-0127c9433bb1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB716	f0a343cbbce91c5e35dff111b84aedbfd0a8880da222cd1e668b0e2c3fbf2f0f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 716 (20152016) — California State University: special sessions.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, 23 institutions of higher education constitute the California State University. Existing law requires that tuition fees adequate to meet the cost of maintaining special sessions, as defined, in the California State University be collected from students enrolled in each special session pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the trustees. Existing law prohibits self-supporting special sessions, as defined, from supplanting regular course offerings available on a non-self-supporting basis during the regular academic year.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/03/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB716 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 716 LOW Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB716 Low By Block — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 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
• 2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1218.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2052.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2015-09-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 252, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/232a518f-d626-4a9a-b2cc-0127c9433bb1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).