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Bill	Law schools: externships: compensation.	The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the segments of postsecondary education in the state, including the University of California and independent institutions of higher education, and sets forth the missions and functions of those segments. Existing law states that the University of California has exclusive jurisdiction in public higher education over, among others, instruction in the profession of law, and that the independent institutions of higher education provide undergraduate and graduate instruction and research in accordance with their respective missions. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1155	California AB 1155 (20252026)	bill	Lawschools compensation externships	enacted	Fong	6	23	7	2025-02-20	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/2c48a509-48b7-4bb5-836d-a82f899110ed	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1155	fafdbc9073888bd52bcbe86e990325ddc7f2f3a81150db975c8fc2a3e63d1114	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1155 (20252026) — Law schools: externships: compensation.

The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the segments of postsecondary education in the state, including the University of California and independent institutions of higher education, and sets forth the missions and functions of those segments. Existing law states that the University of California has exclusive jurisdiction in public higher education over, among others, instruction in the profession of law, and that the independent institutions of higher education provide undergraduate and graduate instruction and research in accordance with their respective missions. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1155 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/27/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1155 Fong Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1155 Fong By Umberg — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1664.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2252.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 292, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c48a509-48b7-4bb5-836d-a82f899110ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).