republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1291.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of California Associate Degree for Transfer Pilot Program."
description: "Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires a student who earns an associate degree for transfer to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate degree program if the student meets certain requirements. The act also requires the California State University to guarantee admission with junior status to a community college student who meets those requirements, and provides that admission to the California State University under these provisions does not guarantee admission for specific majors or campuses. A student admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act is entitled to receive priority over all other community college transfer students, excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the California State University before the fall term of the 2012–13 academic year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1291"
citation: "California AB 1291 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of California Associate Degree for Transfer Pilot Program"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 38
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc2cb39a-1cfe-4d66-b877-e9ed8b9ae91c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291"
source_hash: "0bb84a6c342c3cf3fbdaef33b08982b032a0c62d269beb16a1d896421e09936a"
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 1291 (20232024) — University of California Associate Degree for Transfer Pilot Program.

Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires a student who earns an associate degree for transfer to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate degree program if the student meets certain requirements. The act also requires the California State University to guarantee admission with junior status to a community college student who meets those requirements, and provides that admission to the California State University under these provisions does not guarantee admission for specific majors or campuses. A student admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act is entitled to receive priority over all other community college transfer students, excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the California State University before the fall term of the 2012–13 academic year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291&version=20230AB129199INT)
2. **03/16/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291&version=20230AB129198AMD)
3. **04/03/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291&version=20230AB129197AMD)
4. **07/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291&version=20230AB129196AMD)
5. **08/14/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291&version=20230AB129195AMD)
6. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291&version=20230AB129194AMD)
7. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291&version=20230AB129192CHP)
8. **AB1291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291)
9. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1291&version=20230AB129193ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1291 McCarty By Newman — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1291 McCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1291 McCarty Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1596.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Coms. on PUB S. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2023-08-14** 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`
- **2023-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-11** Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2545.)
- **2023-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2822.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3619.)
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3619.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 683, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc2cb39a-1cfe-4d66-b877-e9ed8b9ae91c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).