republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-241.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: personnel: qualifications."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction, a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction, a librarian, a counselor, an educational administrator, an extended opportunity programs and services worker, a disabled students programs and services worker, an apprenticeship instructor, and a supervisor of health. Existing law provides, notwithstanding that provision, that a person authorized to serve as a community college instructor, librarian, counselor, student personnel worker, supervisor, administrator, or chief administrative officer under a credential shall retain the right to serve under the terms of that credential, and, for that purpose, shall be deemed to possess the minimum qualifications specified for every discipline or service covered by the credential until the expiration of that credential. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, subject to alternative minimum qualifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "California SB 241 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communitycolleges", "personnel", "qualifications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6085dee3-9bac-4d25-850a-c21c7389f56b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB241"
source_hash: "d303b869bd4627f74b4b234994435bd073319964372c89b47ca82129a50751ee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 241 (20252026) — Community colleges: personnel: qualifications.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction, a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction, a librarian, a counselor, an educational administrator, an extended opportunity programs and services worker, a disabled students programs and services worker, an apprenticeship instructor, and a supervisor of health. Existing law provides, notwithstanding that provision, that a person authorized to serve as a community college instructor, librarian, counselor, student personnel worker, supervisor, administrator, or chief administrative officer under a credential shall retain the right to serve under the terms of that credential, and, for that purpose, shall be deemed to possess the minimum qualifications specified for every discipline or service covered by the credential until the expiration of that credential. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, subject to alternative minimum qualifications.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB241&version=20250SB24199INT)
2. **06/26/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB241&version=20250SB24198AMD)
3. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB241&version=20250SB24196CHP)
4. **SB241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB241)
5. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB241&version=20250SB24197ENR)

## Votes

- SB 241 Cervantes Senate Third Reading By Fong — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB241 Cervantes Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-30** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
- **2025-02-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 565.) (March 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 604.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2976.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2826.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 214, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6085dee3-9bac-4d25-850a-c21c7389f56b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).