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Bill	California State University: doctoral programs in public health.	Existing law establishes 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 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law provides for the missions and functions of these segments, and states that the University of California has the sole authority in public higher education to award doctoral degrees in all fields of learning, except that it may agree with the California State University to award joint doctoral degrees in selected fields. However, existing law authorizes the California State University to offer doctoral programs in education, audiology, physical therapy, and occupational therapy without that agreement.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 684	California SB 684 (20212022)	bill	California State University: doctoral programs in public health.	enacted	Hueso	8	47	11	2021-02-19	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d87d97cb-8a5c-4071-8eaa-26fcd7fbe276	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB684	83a80b4973d63f60e4dda7ee54bd0f458226016113abd2948d3a93694289c9de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 684 (20212022) — California State University: doctoral programs in public health.

Existing law establishes 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 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law provides for the missions and functions of these segments, and states that the University of California has the sole authority in public higher education to award doctoral degrees in all fields of learning, except that it may agree with the California State University to award joint doctoral degrees in selected fields. However, existing law authorizes the California State University to offer doctoral programs in education, audiology, physical therapy, and occupational therapy without that agreement.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/05/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB684 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 684 Hueso Senate Third Reading By Eduardo Garcia — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent SB684 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB684 Hueso et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 684 Hueso Senate Third Reading By Eduardo Garcia — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hueso — primary (person)
• Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
• Bradford — coauthor (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Jones — coauthor (person)
• Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
• Villapudua — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2021-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Set for hearing March 23.
• 2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 588.) (March 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2021-04-20 April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1200.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1346.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on J.,E.D., & E. referral-committee
• 2021-07-01 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Reyes.
• 2022-05-26 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia.
• 2022-05-27 From inactive file.
• 2022-05-27 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-06-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-06-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-06-06 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 72. referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 Coauthors revised.
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5931.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
• 2022-08-22 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5381.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 936, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d87d97cb-8a5c-4071-8eaa-26fcd7fbe276. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).