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Bill	California State University: joint degrees: international institutions of higher education.	Existing law sets forth the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and details the ways in which their respective institutions are to be differentiated. Existing law specifies that the California State University shall offer undergraduate and graduate instruction through the master's degree in the liberal arts and sciences and professional education. Existing law 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 and the California State University may award professional or applied doctoral degrees statewide that do not duplicate University of California doctoral degrees and satisfy certain requirements.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2633	California AB 2633 (20232024)	bill	California State University international institutions of higher education joint degrees	enacted	Alvarez	8	26	6	2024-02-14	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/0948b5a2-6d62-4f0b-a774-ff0076c0e6f9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2633	b292b98e626654b2b25bd72ce3cc8c9c0c25d3e8ddeff9df819f6d18f502e018	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2633 (20232024) — California State University: joint degrees: international institutions of higher education.

Existing law sets forth the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and details the ways in which their respective institutions are to be differentiated. Existing law specifies that the California State University shall offer undergraduate and graduate instruction through the master's degree in the liberal arts and sciences and professional education. Existing law 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 and the California State University may award professional or applied doctoral degrees statewide that do not duplicate University of California doctoral degrees and satisfy certain requirements.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/10/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/14/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2633 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/28/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2633 Alvarez et al. By Limón — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2633 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2633 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alvarez — primary (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2024-03-18 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 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
• 2024-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5495.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-06-10 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
• 2024-06-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5242.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6560.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 729, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0948b5a2-6d62-4f0b-a774-ff0076c0e6f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).