Postsecondary education: common course numbering system.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of California's public and private segments of higher education and their respective institutions of higher education. The act requires, not later than June 1, 2006, the California Community Colleges and the California State University to adopt, and authorizes the University of California and private postsecondary institutions to adopt, a common course numbering system for the 20 highest-demand majors in the respective segments. The act requires, not later than June 30, 2006, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University to report to the Legislature, and requests the Regents of the University of California to report to the Legislature, on the status of the activities of their respective segments related to that numbering system and on the plans to implement a common course numbering system for the majors that are not the 20 highest demand majors. The act also requires each campus of a public postsecondary educational institution to incorporate the common course numbering system in its catalog at the next adoption of a campus catalog after June 1, 2006.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 1111
California AB 1111 (20212022)
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Postsecondary education: common course numbering system.
California AB 1111 (20212022) — Postsecondary education: common course numbering system.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of California's public and private segments of higher education and their respective institutions of higher education. The act requires, not later than June 1, 2006, the California Community Colleges and the California State University to adopt, and authorizes the University of California and private postsecondary institutions to adopt, a common course numbering system for the 20 highest-demand majors in the respective segments. The act requires, not later than June 30, 2006, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University to report to the Legislature, and requests the Regents of the University of California to report to the Legislature, on the status of the activities of their respective segments related to that numbering system and on the plans to implement a common course numbering system for the majors that are not the 20 highest demand majors. The act also requires each campus of a public postsecondary educational institution to incorporate the common course numbering system in its catalog at the next adoption of a campus catalog after June 1, 2006.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1111 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB1111 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1111 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Berman — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2021-03-04 Referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2021-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-24 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
2021-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2021-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1614.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2021-06-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2021-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-03 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2490.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3020.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 568, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1720cf81-7c53-4a53-aa38-8ed4749efafa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).