republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-744.md

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Bill	Accrediting agencies.	Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires certain postsecondary educational institutions to be accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education to qualify as an independent institution of higher education to be eligible for certain programs and to receive an approval to operate.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 744	California SB 744 (20252026)	bill	Accreditingagencies	enacted	Cabaldon	6	28	8	2025-02-21	2025-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/4c9e1402-9da8-4485-9e76-e750816a22de	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB744	c9c63796e93fc5fbf9cfb746a7fc4bfc5cba3f15d8f4eb4a4ab736ae4865abb8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 744 (20252026) — Accrediting agencies.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires certain postsecondary educational institutions to be accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education to qualify as an independent institution of higher education to be eligible for certain programs and to receive an approval to operate.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/11/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/06/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB744 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB744 Cabaldon Concurrence — 30–5 (pass) · upper
• SB 744 Cabaldon Senate Third Reading By Bryan — 60–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cabaldon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-03-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 736.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-21 April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1211.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1329.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 3391.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 3026.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c9e1402-9da8-4485-9e76-e750816a22de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).