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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public schools: adult school students: Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 554"
citation: "California SB 554 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public schools: adult school students: Advanced Scholastic and Vocational Training Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a8fc4b-f86f-4e38-9dd4-3ad3c0c97e9c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554"
source_hash: "d9721e9b415e4985f794584c38dd7dc2ed88f834556f6bd1dd0e3a8551aa09cd"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554&version=20190SB55499INT)
2. **04/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554&version=20190SB55498AMD)
3. **10/04/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554&version=20190SB55496CHP)
4. **SB554** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554)
5. **09/09/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB554&version=20190SB55497ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a8fc4b-f86f-4e38-9dd4-3ad3c0c97e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).