republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-245.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Educational equity: student records: name and gender changes."
description: "The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable. The Equity in Higher Education Act provides that it is the policy of the state to afford all persons, regardless of specified characteristics, including gender identity and gender expression, equal rights and opportunities in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 245"
citation: "California AB 245 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Educational equity: student records: name and gender changes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5454b798-76c1-404a-9427-a4ab6c8959f3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB245"
source_hash: "f5e7099cbe2637d8d50d150cc79a5689dba2f7384e7f48da00004365d06530f8"
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 AB 245 (20212022) — Educational equity: student records: name and gender changes.

The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable. The Equity in Higher Education Act provides that it is the policy of the state to afford all persons, regardless of specified characteristics, including gender identity and gender expression, equal rights and opportunities in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/13/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB245&version=20210AB24599INT)
2. **06/22/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB245&version=20210AB24598AMD)
3. **07/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB245&version=20210AB24597AMD)
4. **10/06/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB245&version=20210AB24595CHP)
5. **AB245** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB245)
6. **08/31/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB245&version=20210AB24596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 245 Chiu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **61–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 245 Chiu Assembly Third Reading — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB245 Chiu et al. By Wiener — **29–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chiu — primary (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 2. Page 1530.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 1715.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-08** 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`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2091.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 1. Page 2560.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-02** 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 555, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5454b798-76c1-404a-9427-a4ab6c8959f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).