Public postsecondary education: student behavior: drug and alcohol use: rehabilitation programs.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the public segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the governing board of every community college district to adopt or provide for the adoption of specific rules and regulations governing student behavior and to adopt procedures by which all students are informed of the rules and regulations, with applicable penalties, as provided. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, act to make a provision applicable.
California AB 602 (20252026) — Public postsecondary education: student behavior: drug and alcohol use: rehabilitation programs.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the public segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the governing board of every community college district to adopt or provide for the adoption of specific rules and regulations governing student behavior and to adopt procedures by which all students are informed of the rules and regulations, with applicable penalties, as provided. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, act to make a provision applicable.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-02-24 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-03-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2025-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2025-05-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2025-05-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 13. Page 1903.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-06-16 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
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 2426.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 2916.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 159, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/01c5b179-f822-4a3a-8995-d4d5c41417eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).