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Bill	Community colleges: records: affirmed name and gender identification.	The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The Equity in Higher Education Act requires a public postsecondary educational institution, including a campus of the California Community Colleges, to update a former student's records to include an updated legal name or gender if the institution receives government-issued documentation from a former student demonstrating that the former student's legal name or gender has been changed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2315	California AB 2315 (20212022)	bill	Community colleges: records: affirmed name and gender identification.	enacted	Arambula	6	25	7	2022-02-16	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/69dcfe9e-788f-485a-a179-271d11629d79	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2315	2ee0e859dbc20cd58ae49ef3f8155d7729883e72c91800368ae4a37d1426719a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2315 (20212022) — Community colleges: records: affirmed name and gender identification.

The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The Equity in Higher Education Act requires a public postsecondary educational institution, including a campus of the California Community Colleges, to update a former student's records to include an updated legal name or gender if the institution receives government-issued documentation from a former student demonstrating that the former student's legal name or gender has been changed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2315 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2315 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2315 Arambula et al. By Laird — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 2315 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — 56–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arambula — primary (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 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
• 2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 0. Page 4706.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-17 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-25 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-06-01 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
• 2022-06-10 6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4991.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 932, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69dcfe9e-788f-485a-a179-271d11629d79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).