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Bill	College Textbook Affordability Act of 2015.	(1) Existing law establishes the segments of the postsecondary education system in the state, including the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 798	California AB 798 (20152016)	bill	College Textbook Affordability Act of 2015.	enacted	Bonilla	11	31	8	2015-02-26	2015-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/982621ba-53fb-45d6-b52c-2af3c25e4336	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB798	15b18b3261aca3b331df9749160262572346b250dde40b2bc16cbb50493da8fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 798 (20152016) — College Textbook Affordability Act of 2015.

(1) Existing law establishes the segments of the postsecondary education system in the state, including the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/09/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/08/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB798 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB798 Bonilla By Block — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 798 BONILLA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 798 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonilla — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 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
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-06-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1922.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-07-01 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
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2644.)
• 2015-09-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2741.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3169.)
• 2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3171.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-23 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 633, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/982621ba-53fb-45d6-b52c-2af3c25e4336. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).