Community colleges: student representation fee: statewide community college student organization: goals.
Existing law authorizes the governing body of a student body association to order an election be held to establish a student representation fee of $2 per semester, collected by officials of the community college at or before registration, and requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the students voting in the election to establish the fee. Existing law authorizes a student to refuse to pay the fee for certain reasons pursuant to a specified procedure and specifies another procedure for an election to terminate the student representation fee for a community college. For a student representation fee adopted on or after January 1, 2014, existing law requires $1 of the $2 fee to be expended to establish and support the operations of a statewide community college student organization. Existing law specifies underlying goals required of the statewide community college student organization.
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California Legislature
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AB 1504
California AB 1504 (20192020)
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Community colleges: student representation fee: statewide community college student organization: goals.
California AB 1504 (20192020) — Community colleges: student representation fee: statewide community college student organization: goals.
Existing law authorizes the governing body of a student body association to order an election be held to establish a student representation fee of $2 per semester, collected by officials of the community college at or before registration, and requires an affirmative vote of a majority of the students voting in the election to establish the fee. Existing law authorizes a student to refuse to pay the fee for certain reasons pursuant to a specified procedure and specifies another procedure for an election to terminate the student representation fee for a community college. For a student representation fee adopted on or after January 1, 2014, existing law requires $1 of the $2 fee to be expended to establish and support the operations of a statewide community college student organization. Existing law specifies underlying goals required of the statewide community college student organization.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1504 Medina Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–12 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1504 Medina Assembly Third Reading — 58–12 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 13–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Medina — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2019-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2019-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 12. Page 1512.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2019-06-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-06-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 2239.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 12. Page 2836.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 523, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dbb33879-dba3-46d1-b0b9-25b00c1a9e5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).