republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-637.md

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Bill	Community colleges: cross-enrollment in online education.	Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 637	California AB 637 (20172018)	bill	Community colleges: cross-enrollment in online education.	enacted	Medina	5	23	6	2017-02-14	2017-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/cd1faeab-4cb0-4256-a8d2-497ee65d488d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB637	7e8d446bb15c1194827d6aff090b43be0d0d0fc9d072b3c384b1d3ee711bd699	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 637 (20172018) — Community colleges: cross-enrollment in online education.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/12/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/13/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB637 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 637 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB637 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 637 MEDINA Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Medina — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1390.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-06-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-14 Measure version as amended on June 12 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2017-07-18 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-07-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2129.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-07-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-08-21 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2017-08-29 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage
• 2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3125.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2017-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 743, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd1faeab-4cb0-4256-a8d2-497ee65d488d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).