Existing law establishes the Adult Education Program under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Existing law requires the chancellor and the Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director of the State Board of Education, to divide the state into adult education regions and approve one adult education consortium in each of those regions. Existing law requires, on or before February 1 of each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the program, the chancellor and the Superintendent to report to the Director of Finance, the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration, the state board, and the Legislature about the use of specified funds and outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education region, including, among other things, any recommendations related to delivery of education, immigrant integration, and workforce services for adults. Existing law requires, consistent with that reporting requirement, the chancellor and the Superintendent, with input from the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration and adult education program providers, to identify common measures for meeting the needs of immigrant and refugee adults seeking integration, as specified.
California SB 670 (20252026) — Adult Education Program: immigrant integration.
Existing law establishes the Adult Education Program under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Existing law requires the chancellor and the Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director of the State Board of Education, to divide the state into adult education regions and approve one adult education consortium in each of those regions. Existing law requires, on or before February 1 of each fiscal year for which funds are appropriated for the program, the chancellor and the Superintendent to report to the Director of Finance, the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration, the state board, and the Legislature about the use of specified funds and outcomes for adults statewide and in each adult education region, including, among other things, any recommendations related to delivery of education, immigrant integration, and workforce services for adults. Existing law requires, consistent with that reporting requirement, the chancellor and the Superintendent, with input from the Statewide Director of Immigrant Integration and adult education program providers, to identify common measures for meeting the needs of immigrant and refugee adults seeking integration, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 670 Cervantes Senate Third Reading By Pacheco — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cervantes — primary (person)
Pacheco — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-03-05 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 866.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1359.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and ED. referral-committee
2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-20 Coauthors revised.
2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2986.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-08 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 779, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20276743-4d47-4fec-af70-fa57f680ea6d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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