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Bill	Postsecondary education: on-campus access to drug testing devices.	Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1524	California AB 1524 (20232024)	bill	Postsecondary education on-campus access to drug testing devices	enacted	Lowenthal	8	34	8	2023-02-17	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/72396082-dba9-4690-9b8a-0842b78f9cec	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1524	8a0c358b867de52934cf5f20f318c6d818cc370201655eb290876d8641e93336	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1524 (20232024) — Postsecondary education: on-campus access to drug testing devices.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/19/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/20/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1524 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1524 Lowenthal Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1524 Lowenthal et al. By Menjivar — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1524 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lowenthal — primary (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)
• Ta — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 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
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2133.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 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
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-11 From special consent calendar
• 2023-09-11 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.
• 2024-08-08 From inactive file.
• 2024-08-08 Ordered to second reading.
• 2024-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 679, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72396082-dba9-4690-9b8a-0842b78f9cec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).