republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-752.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private postsecondary education: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009."
description: "Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires an institution that is subject to the act's provisions to enroll each student solely by means of executing an enrollment agreement, and requires a student without a high school diploma or its equivalent, before enrolling, to take an independently administered examination from a list of examinations prescribed as of July 1, 2012, by the United States Department of Education and achieve a passing score, as specified by the United States Department of Education. The act further authorizes the bureau to publish its own list of acceptable examinations and required passing scores if the United States Department of Education does not have a list of relevant examinations that pertain to the intended occupational training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 752"
citation: "California AB 752 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private postsecondary education: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2c4715f-cfab-40f7-8f9a-94037b94060b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB752"
source_hash: "f96e585e5903f61320fcd35a25609eed578d2aefa5376d308ae0766aef78f910"
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 752 (20152016) — Private postsecondary education: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.

Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires an institution that is subject to the act's provisions to enroll each student solely by means of executing an enrollment agreement, and requires a student without a high school diploma or its equivalent, before enrolling, to take an independently administered examination from a list of examinations prescribed as of July 1, 2012, by the United States Department of Education and achieve a passing score, as specified by the United States Department of Education. The act further authorizes the bureau to publish its own list of acceptable examinations and required passing scores if the United States Department of Education does not have a list of relevant examinations that pertain to the intended occupational training.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB752&version=20150AB75299INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB752&version=20150AB75298AMD)
3. **04/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB752&version=20150AB75297AMD)
4. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB752&version=20150AB75295CHP)
5. **AB752** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB752)
6. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB752&version=20150AB75296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB752 Salas By Wieckowski — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 752 SALAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salas — 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.
- **2015-03-26** 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 1448.) `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 9. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **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`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2196.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-03** 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 560, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2c4715f-cfab-40f7-8f9a-94037b94060b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).