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Bill	Public postsecondary education: students with disabilities: inclusive college programs.	Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that public higher education in California strive to provide educationally equitable environments that give each Californian, regardless of age, economic circumstance, or certain specified characteristics, including mental disability, a reasonable opportunity to develop fully their potential.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 447	California AB 447 (20232024)	bill	Public postsecondary education inclusive college programs students with disabilities	enacted	Arambula	7	27	8	2023-02-06	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/e2a7a013-ab5e-4f73-99b1-c89a8460f93a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB447	3ed652a69aeadf43c75b374f092a3c105b7c16678eb3fb1b2fb89ce4a161137f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 447 (20232024) — Public postsecondary education: students with disabilities: inclusive college programs.

Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that public higher education in California strive to provide educationally equitable environments that give each Californian, regardless of age, economic circumstance, or certain specified characteristics, including mental disability, a reasonable opportunity to develop fully their potential.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/14/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/12/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB447 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 447 Arambula Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB447 Arambula et al. By Limón — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 447 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Arambula — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)
• Cortese — principal coauthor (person)
• Grayson — author (person)
• Schiavo — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 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
• 2023-03-15 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1810.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-06-12 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
• 2023-06-14 Measure version as amended on June 12 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-03 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 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2686.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3442.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 654, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2a7a013-ab5e-4f73-99b1-c89a8460f93a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).