republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1786.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: academic credit for prior military experience."
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 throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at the campuses they operate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1786"
citation: "California AB 1786 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: academic credit for prior military experience."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09729c5b-967d-474c-acfe-efeadeb3817e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1786"
source_hash: "184449cbf0ac6e01364800e98f4f118ace6619292121999c3a12a8def3f1777f"
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 1786 (20172018) — Community colleges: academic credit for prior military experience.

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 throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at the campuses they operate.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1786&version=20170AB178699INT)
2. **03/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1786&version=20170AB178698AMD)
3. **04/26/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1786&version=20170AB178697AMD)
4. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1786&version=20170AB178695CHP)
5. **AB1786** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1786)
6. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1786&version=20170AB178696ENR)

## 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 [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1786 Cervantes et al. By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1786 CERVANTES Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
- **2018-03-19** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5213.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5822.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09729c5b-967d-474c-acfe-efeadeb3817e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).