republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-554.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public schools: adult school students: Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program.	Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to allow pupils whom the district has determined would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work to attend community college as special part-time or full-time students, subject to parental permission.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 554	California SB 554 (20192020)	bill	Public schools: adult school students: Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program.	enacted	Roth	5	27	8	2019-02-22	2019-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/36a8fc4b-f86f-4e38-9dd4-3ad3c0c97e9c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554	d9721e9b415e4985f794584c38dd7dc2ed88f834556f6bd1dd0e3a8551aa09cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 554 (20192020) — Public schools: adult school students: Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to allow pupils whom the district has determined would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work to attend community college as special part-time or full-time students, subject to parental permission.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/04/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB554 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/09/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB554 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 554 Roth Senate Third Reading By Gabriel — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Roth — primary (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Set for hearing April 3.
• 2019-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 548.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-04-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-18 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2019-04-29 April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1103.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1278.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2019-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-14 August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-08-30 Coauthors revised.
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-05 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3048.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-05 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2019-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9 a.m.
• 2019-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 528, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36a8fc4b-f86f-4e38-9dd4-3ad3c0c97e9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).