republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-186.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community college districts: removal, suspension, or expulsion."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, each administered by a governing board, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at community college campuses maintained by the districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "California SB 186 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community college districts: removal", "suspension", "or expulsion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-09"
last_action: "2015-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a744768-b188-481c-b179-9bbb2975c0fe"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB186"
source_hash: "35adbc3f66aaf397aec43289b256008ad1f71966f8b42ba1ea9bd3f0f8a208b5"
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 SB 186 (20152016) — Community college districts: removal, suspension, or expulsion.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, each administered by a governing board, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at community college campuses maintained by the districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB186&version=20150SB18699INT)
2. **03/17/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB186&version=20150SB18698AMD)
3. **04/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB186&version=20150SB18697AMD)
4. **09/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB186&version=20150SB18695CHP)
5. **SB186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB186)
6. **08/19/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB186&version=20150SB18696ENR)

## Votes

- SB 186 Jackson Senate Third Reading By MAIENSCHEIN — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
- **2015-02-19** Referred to Coms. on ED. and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-06** Set for hearing March 18.
- **2015-03-09** March 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-03-13** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2015-03-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 417.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-03-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-03-26** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 772.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 2467.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2015-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 232, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a744768-b188-481c-b179-9bbb2975c0fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).