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Bill	Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012: matriculation: assessment.	(1) 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, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012, provides that the purpose of the act is to increase California community college student access and success by providing effective core matriculation services of orientation, assessment and placement, counseling, and other education planning services, and academic interventions. Existing law prohibits a community college district or college from using any assessment instrument for the purposes of these provisions without the authorization of the board of governors.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 705	California AB 705 (20172018)	bill	Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012: matriculation: assessment.	enacted	Irwin	10	34	8	2017-02-15	2017-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/240db513-02f4-4100-aa61-87d30de36239	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB705	5a6b46550b7029eb81166e3784b6dfd70f029e8268a4a062cca28e8d6b7b30df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 705 (20172018) — Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012: matriculation: assessment.

(1) 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, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012, provides that the purpose of the act is to increase California community college student access and success by providing effective core matriculation services of orientation, assessment and placement, counseling, and other education planning services, and academic interventions. Existing law prohibits a community college district or college from using any assessment instrument for the purposes of these provisions without the authorization of the board of governors.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/03/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/19/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/13/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB705 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 705 Irwin Special Consent Calendar 1st Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent Calendar # AB705 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 705 IRWIN Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Irwin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 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
• 2017-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-20 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-04 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 13. Noes 0.) (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
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1961.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-06-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-07-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-19 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: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 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 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2910.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3424.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 745, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/240db513-02f4-4100-aa61-87d30de36239. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).