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Bill	Postsecondary education: reports: preferential treatment: students related to donors or alumni.	Existing law establishes the California State University under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and independent institutions of higher education as 3 of the segments of postsecondary education in the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 697	California AB 697 (20192020)	bill	Postsecondary education: reports: preferential treatment: students related to donors or alumni.	enacted	Ting	9	29	7	2019-02-19	2019-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/9cbc254c-a096-45d7-9d2b-ed89983165d7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB697	efb83f2dce6e5ab58747c36c1a6ccb8ae4547c98231af285abb2e20c0235dc28	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 697 (20192020) — Postsecondary education: reports: preferential treatment: students related to donors or alumni.

Existing law establishes the California State University under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and independent institutions of higher education as 3 of the segments of postsecondary education in the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/09/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/05/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/19/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/04/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB697 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/04/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 697 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 66–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB697 Ting et al. By Pan — 28–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 697 Ting Assembly Third Reading — 57–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)
• Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96(a). referral-committee
• 2019-04-04 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. 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: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 0. Page 1725.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-29 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 3). 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
• 2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-19 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 5. Page 2280.). 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.
• 2019-09-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 2944.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-09 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 514, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9cbc254c-a096-45d7-9d2b-ed89983165d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).