republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2046.md

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Bill	University of California, Merced, and University of California, Riverside.	Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. The University of California comprises 10 institutions of higher education, which are located in the Cities of Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2046	California AB 2046 (20212022)	bill	University of California Merced and University of California Riverside.	enacted	Medina	10	32	8	2022-02-14	2022-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/5ec0fd61-2bbf-4ea6-b288-d242d9a7c627	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2046	871624a24b1c9fef187e2a53482522b3d707a53f394e3c100bd5fb2f87fe60a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2046 (20212022) — University of California, Merced, and University of California, Riverside.

Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. The University of California comprises 10 institutions of higher education, which are located in the Cities of Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/02/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/13/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/28/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/01/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/22/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/25/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2046 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2046 Medina Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2046 Medina et al. By Leyva — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2046 Medina Assembly Third Reading — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Medina — primary (person)
• Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
• Gray — author (person)
• Leyva — coauthor (person)
• Villapudua — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2022-03-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-03 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-05 Measure version as amended on March 2 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2022-06-13 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
• 2022-06-15 6-23-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-22-2022.
• 2022-06-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-07-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ec0fd61-2bbf-4ea6-b288-d242d9a7c627. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).