republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-463.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: faculty members: loan forgiveness."
description: "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. Under existing law, the board appoints the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to serve as the chief executive officer of the segment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 463"
citation: "California AB 463 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: faculty members: loan forgiveness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67ca7a75-c515-4e94-9ea6-3f562752a010"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB463"
source_hash: "dc2c59edab115219e20485541866d64989c467611885bd0156f75fddb7aeba30"
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 463 (20192020) — Community colleges: faculty members: loan forgiveness.

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. Under existing law, the board appoints the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to serve as the chief executive officer of the segment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB463&version=20190AB46399INT)
2. **03/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB463&version=20190AB46398AMD)
3. **10/04/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB463&version=20190AB46396CHP)
4. **AB463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB463)
5. **09/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB463&version=20190AB46397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB463 Cervantes By McGuire — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 463 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading — **62–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** 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`
- **2019-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 3.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 12. Page 1805.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2588.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-11** 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 512, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67ca7a75-c515-4e94-9ea6-3f562752a010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).