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Bill Public postsecondary education: admission by exception. Existing law, commencing with admissions for the 202122 academic year, prohibits a campus of the California State University and, if adopted by the Regents of the University of California by appropriate resolution, the University of California, from admitting an applicant by admission by exception, as defined, unless the admission by exception has been approved, before the student's enrollment, by at least 3 senior campus administrators, the applicant is a California resident who is receiving an institution-based scholarship to attend the campus, or the applicant is accepted by an educational opportunity program for admission to the campus. us/states/ca California Legislature 20212022 AB 251 California AB 251 (20212022)
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California AB 251 (20212022) — Public postsecondary education: admission by exception.

Existing law, commencing with admissions for the 202122 academic year, prohibits a campus of the California State University and, if adopted by the Regents of the University of California by appropriate resolution, the University of California, from admitting an applicant by admission by exception, as defined, unless the admission by exception has been approved, before the student's enrollment, by at least 3 senior campus administrators, the applicant is a California resident who is receiving an institution-based scholarship to attend the campus, or the applicant is accepted by an educational opportunity program for admission to the campus.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/14/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/08/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 07/09/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB251 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 06/25/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Special Consent AB251 — 390 (pass) · upper
  • AB 251 Choi Assembly Third Reading — 740 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 120 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Choi — primary (person)
  • McCarty — author (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2021-01-15 From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
  • 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
  • 2021-03-08 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
  • 2021-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
  • 2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-04-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 929.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-04-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
  • 2021-06-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2021-06-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
  • 2021-06-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1636.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2021-06-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2021-06-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2021-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 47, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eb7d85ec-d82f-4506-99e7-01c11d8c877a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).