republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-3374.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education."
description: "(1) Commencing with admissions for the 2020–21 academic year, existing law prohibits a campus of the California State University and, if adopted by the Regents of the University of California by appropriate resolution, the University of California, from admitting an applicant by admission by exception, as defined, unless the admission by exception has been approved, prior to the student's enrollment, by at least 3 senior campus administrators, the applicant is a California resident who is receiving an institution-based scholarship to attend the campus, or the applicant is accepted by an educational opportunity program for admission to the campus. Commencing with admissions for the 2020–21 academic year, existing law establishes requirements pertaining to admission by exception at a campus of the California State University and, if adopted by the regents by appropriate resolution, a campus of the University of California, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 3374"
citation: "California AB 3374 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-03-16"
last_action: "2020-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/986a199d-a9c7-467c-9e39-2a68af931641"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3374"
source_hash: "b4d0fa2a415de9191569e35bdfaa7d0afde27428c13fc032f5921026f140ff46"
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 3374 (20192020) — Postsecondary education.

(1) Commencing with admissions for the 2020–21 academic year, existing law prohibits a campus of the California State University and, if adopted by the Regents of the University of California by appropriate resolution, the University of California, from admitting an applicant by admission by exception, as defined, unless the admission by exception has been approved, prior to the student's enrollment, by at least 3 senior campus administrators, the applicant is a California resident who is receiving an institution-based scholarship to attend the campus, or the applicant is accepted by an educational opportunity program for admission to the campus. Commencing with admissions for the 2020–21 academic year, existing law establishes requirements pertaining to admission by exception at a campus of the California State University and, if adopted by the regents by appropriate resolution, a campus of the University of California, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/16/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3374&version=20190AB337499INT)
2. **09/24/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3374&version=20190AB337497CHP)
3. **AB3374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3374)
4. **08/31/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3374&version=20190AB337498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB3374 HIGHER ED. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3374 HIGHER ED. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-17** From printer. May be heard in committee April 16.
- **2020-04-24** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4732.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2020-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4378.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 129, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/986a199d-a9c7-467c-9e39-2a68af931641`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).