Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity to admit students using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law requires that the criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process include, among other criteria, consideration of the life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, as listed, and proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English, as provided. Existing law requires credit to be received for languages identified by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges as high-frequency languages. Existing law requires the chancellor to report annually to the Legislature and the Governor on students admitted to community college registered nursing programs through a multicriteria screening process, as provided. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025.
California SB 1183 (20232024) — Community colleges: registered nursing programs.
Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to the program exceeds its capacity to admit students using a multicriteria screening process, a random selection process, or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified. Existing law requires that the criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process include, among other criteria, consideration of the life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, as listed, and proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English, as provided. Existing law requires credit to be received for languages identified by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges as high-frequency languages. Existing law requires the chancellor to report annually to the Legislature and the Governor on students admitted to community college registered nursing programs through a multicriteria screening process, as provided. Existing law repeals these provisions relating to admission to community college registered nursing programs on January 1, 2025.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1183 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Weber — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hurtado — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2024-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
2024-02-21 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2024-03-05 Set for hearing April 3.
2024-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3466.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 15.
2024-04-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3672.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-04-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-04-29 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6530.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5614.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-04 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 786, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3003d96b-a020-48d6-8ae4-56bc87a1a8a3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).