republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-79.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Public social services: higher education.	Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, locations of the California State University, and campuses of the University of California throughout the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 79	California AB 79 (20252026)	bill	Publicsocialservices highereducation	enacted	Arambula	6	27	9	2024-12-18	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a19ddb56-36cd-4279-be4d-ae45418cc82b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB79	be06f78e7f8638221b2efe652924faaec8a2c4579dc4491162908d5c58add4e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 79 (20252026) — Public social services: higher education.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, locations of the California State University, and campuses of the University of California throughout the state.

Version chain

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

1. 12/18/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/04/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB79 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB79 Arambula By Pérez — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 79 Arambula Assembly Third Reading — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Arambula — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2024-12-19 From printer. May be heard in committee January 18.
• 2025-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Coms. on HUM. S. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2025-03-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-05 Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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 APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1779.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on HUMAN S. and ED. referral-committee
• 2025-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on ED. 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 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 607, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a19ddb56-36cd-4279-be4d-ae45418cc82b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).