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Bill	Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program.	Existing law 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. Existing law requires the board of governors to appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Existing law, until July 1, 2026, authorizes the board of governors, in consultation with the California State University and the University of California, to establish a statewide baccalaureate degree pilot program. Existing law requires that program to consist of a maximum of 15 community college districts, with one baccalaureate degree pilot program each. Existing law requires those pilot programs to commence no later than the 2017–18 academic year, and requires students participating in those programs to commence the program by the beginning of the 2022–23 academic year. Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district seeking authorization to offer a pilot program to submit certain items for review by the chancellor and approval by the board of governors, including documentation of unmet workforce needs specifically related to the proposed pilot program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 927	California AB 927 (20212022)	bill	Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program.	enacted	Medina	9	29	8	2021-02-17	2021-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/5416aa95-af10-489f-b27f-b89daa1b076c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB927	3d7a946917ceb6fed6faadffed16ad26c905429102c3955f51a84f4adec7f57a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 927 (20212022) — Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program.

Existing law 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. Existing law requires the board of governors to appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Existing law, until July 1, 2026, authorizes the board of governors, in consultation with the California State University and the University of California, to establish a statewide baccalaureate degree pilot program. Existing law requires that program to consist of a maximum of 15 community college districts, with one baccalaureate degree pilot program each. Existing law requires those pilot programs to commence no later than the 2017–18 academic year, and requires students participating in those programs to commence the program by the beginning of the 2022–23 academic year. Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district seeking authorization to offer a pilot program to submit certain items for review by the chancellor and approval by the board of governors, including documentation of unmet workforce needs specifically related to the proposed pilot program.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/05/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/06/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB927 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 927 Medina Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB927 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 927 Medina Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Medina — primary (person)
• Choi — author (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Wilk — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2021-04-05 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
• 2021-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2021-04-12 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
• 2021-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1737.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2021-07-05 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
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2490.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3010.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-20 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 565, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5416aa95-af10-489f-b27f-b89daa1b076c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).