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Bill	Public postsecondary education: course materials.	The Donahoe Higher Education Act authorizes the activities of the 4 segments of the postsecondary education system in the state. These segments include the 3 public postsecondary segments: the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Private and independent postsecondary educational institutions constitute the other segment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 1359	California SB 1359 (20152016)	bill	Public postsecondary education: course materials.	enacted	Block	8	30	8	2016-02-19	2016-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/2acfe5bf-9ac4-4fbf-90ed-ab5eaa96135c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1359	a70477096e48d9cb32774beb14aebc6c66ad53238fa127065201737f1fb6203f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1359 (20152016) — Public postsecondary education: course materials.

The Donahoe Higher Education Act authorizes the activities of the 4 segments of the postsecondary education system in the state. These segments include the 3 public postsecondary segments: the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Private and independent postsecondary educational institutions constitute the other segment.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/31/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/01/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/13/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1359 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent # — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1359 Block Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Block — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-03-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2016-04-01 Set for hearing April 6.
• 2016-04-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3418.) (April 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-15 Set for hearing April 25.
• 2016-04-25 April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4009.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4149.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-13 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5911.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2016-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2016-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5431.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
• 2016-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 343, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2acfe5bf-9ac4-4fbf-90ed-ab5eaa96135c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).