republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-21.md

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Bill	Public postsecondary education: Access to Higher Education for Every Student.	(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University; the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California; the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; and independent institutions of higher education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 21	California AB 21 (20172018)	bill	Public postsecondary education: Access to Higher Education for Every Student.	enacted	Kalra	11	36	10	2016-12-05	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/e11ace0a-fba3-4dbd-a9d5-18984b66b9f0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB21	3644a4446f26b7a4de62850f3e4ee97a855f781f199ea63eb390310afd207982	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 21 (20172018) — Public postsecondary education: Access to Higher Education for Every Student.

(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University; the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California; the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; and independent institutions of higher education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state.

Version chain

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

1. 12/05/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/24/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/05/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/18/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/05/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB21 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 21 KALRA Assembly Third Reading — 55–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB21 Kalra et al. By Hueso — 29–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 21 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Chau — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — author (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Hernandez — coauthor (person)
• Limón — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
• O'Donnell — author (person)
• Pan — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-12-06 From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-03-15 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
• 2017-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-24 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1853.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 2063.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2782.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 3314.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e11ace0a-fba3-4dbd-a9d5-18984b66b9f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).