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Bill	Postsecondary education: omnibus bill.	Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2973	California AB 2973 (20212022)	bill	Postsecondary education: omnibus bill.	enacted	Committee on Higher Education	7	27	6	2022-03-21	2022-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/828b7d30-a97b-47ad-9e56-51fa2801cbc3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973	cd2629f4bd4389df60b5cdebb02d7a0bf609e8f49460b071bd3cf042e4f18792	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2973 (20212022) — Postsecondary education: omnibus bill.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.

Version chain

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

1. 03/21/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/08/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/22/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2973 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2973 HIGHER ED. (Medina) By Limón — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2973 Higher Education Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2973 HIGHER ED. Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-03-22 From printer. May be heard in committee April 21.
• 2022-03-31 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4741.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2022-06-08 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 APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-06-27 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-06-29 From Consent Calendar.
• 2022-06-29 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5139.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 465, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/828b7d30-a97b-47ad-9e56-51fa2801cbc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).