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Bill	Public postsecondary education: community college districts: baccalaureate degree pilot program.	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 requires the board of governors to appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Existing law establishes community college districts, administered by governing boards, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts. Existing law requires community colleges to offer instruction through the 2nd year of college and authorizes community colleges to grant associate degrees in arts and science. In addition, existing law authorizes the board of governors, in consultation with the California State University and the University of California, to establish a statewide baccalaureate degree pilot program at not more than 15 community college districts, with one baccalaureate degree program each, to be determined by the chancellor and approved by the board of governors. Existing law requires a student participating in a baccalaureate degree pilot program to complete his or her degree by the end of the 2022–23 academic year. Existing law requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to conduct and report to the Legislature and the Governor the results of a final evaluation of the pilot program, as specified, on or before July 1, 2022. Existing law makes the authorization to establish pilot baccalaureate degree programs inoperative on July 1, 2023, and repeals the authorization on January 1, 2024.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1406	California SB 1406 (20172018)	bill	Public postsecondary education: community college districts: baccalaureate degree pilot program.	enacted	Hill	6	26	5	2018-02-16	2018-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/8f80145c-4e35-4373-a723-1e01283c4f36	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1406	682b0fd63d338d09813139364ebc8a3b17c117076dde18eb900c8c6cc39e1722	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1406 (20172018) — Public postsecondary education: community college districts: baccalaureate degree pilot program.

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 requires the board of governors to appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Existing law establishes community college districts, administered by governing boards, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts. Existing law requires community colleges to offer instruction through the 2nd year of college and authorizes community colleges to grant associate degrees in arts and science. In addition, existing law authorizes the board of governors, in consultation with the California State University and the University of California, to establish a statewide baccalaureate degree pilot program at not more than 15 community college districts, with one baccalaureate degree program each, to be determined by the chancellor and approved by the board of governors. Existing law requires a student participating in a baccalaureate degree pilot program to complete his or her degree by the end of the 2022–23 academic year. Existing law requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to conduct and report to the Legislature and the Governor the results of a final evaluation of the pilot program, as specified, on or before July 1, 2022. Existing law makes the authorization to establish pilot baccalaureate degree programs inoperative on July 1, 2023, and repeals the authorization on January 1, 2024.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/06/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/20/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1406 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB1406 Hill et al. — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 1406 Hill Senate Third Reading By MEDINA — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Glazer — coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2018-03-13 Set for hearing April 4.
• 2018-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4534.) (April 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-04-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-04-13 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2018-04-23 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-26 From consent calendar on motion of Senator Hill.
• 2018-04-26 Ordered to third reading.
• 2018-04-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4877.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-04-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-05-07 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6720.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6061.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 612, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f80145c-4e35-4373-a723-1e01283c4f36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).