republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1573.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Collegiate athletes: Student Athlete Bill of Rights."
description: "Existing law provides for a system of postsecondary education in this state. This system includes as segments the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and independent institutions of higher education. Existing law further provides for a Student Athlete Bill of Rights that applies to campuses of these segments that maintain intercollegiate athletic programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1573"
citation: "California AB 1573 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Collegiate athletes: Student Athlete Bill of Rights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9afe2c34-9a1b-461d-9e5c-ecaf9037d8c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1573"
source_hash: "b031a169fdd3cb4d434e291dd540cd24490859aec3193f50d05acbcd8b9612fb"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1573 (20192020) — Collegiate athletes: Student Athlete Bill of Rights.

Existing law provides for a system of postsecondary education in this state. This system includes as segments the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and independent institutions of higher education. Existing law further provides for a Student Athlete Bill of Rights that applies to campuses of these segments that maintain intercollegiate athletic programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1573&version=20190AB157399INT)
2. **04/08/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1573&version=20190AB157398AMD)
3. **04/29/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1573&version=20190AB157397AMD)
4. **07/05/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1573&version=20190AB157396AMD)
5. **09/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1573&version=20190AB157394CHP)
6. **AB1573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1573)
7. **09/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1573&version=20190AB157395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1573 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1573 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1573 Holden Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holden — 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 Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1772.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2292.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3009.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9afe2c34-9a1b-461d-9e5c-ecaf9037d8c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).