republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1971.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University and University of California: alumni: disclosure."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes the Hastings College of the Law, under the governance of the Board of Directors of the Hastings College of the Law, within the University of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1971"
citation: "California AB 1971 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University and University of California: alumni: disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2010-02-17"
last_action: "2010-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e013597-2177-42eb-b751-8f41d07ae195"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1971"
source_hash: "c38b287bb9ff5e38e49f8967918157a11b3ce72e7d2326513c8cf83f7198ba44"
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 AB 1971 (20092010) — California State University and University of California: alumni: disclosure.

(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes the Hastings College of the Law, under the governance of the Board of Directors of the Hastings College of the Law, within the University of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1971&version=20090AB197199INT)
2. **06/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1971&version=20090AB197198AMD)
3. **08/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1971&version=20090AB197196CHP)
4. **AB1971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1971)
5. **08/12/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1971&version=20090AB197197ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1971 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1971 Bonnie Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1971 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Torlakson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2010-03-04** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4942.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4308.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6086.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
- **2010-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 204, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e013597-2177-42eb-b751-8f41d07ae195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).