republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-230.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint educational programs: middle college high school students: enrollment priority."
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 establishes community college districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 230"
citation: "California AB 230 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint educational programs: middle college high school students: enrollment priority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-02"
last_action: "2011-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8944320b-48c3-4654-9c59-e8e614f9bd29"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB230"
source_hash: "05f936923e313d0ed061d4c8a9701eaa4b74fb4d1e5120115731d2c4f1d124c6"
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 230 (20112012) — Joint educational programs: middle college high school students: enrollment priority.

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 establishes community college districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB230&version=20110AB23099INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB230&version=20110AB23098AMD)
3. **04/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB230&version=20110AB23097AMD)
4. **07/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB230&version=20110AB23095CHP)
5. **AB230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB230)
6. **06/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB230&version=20110AB23096ENR)

## Votes

- AB 230 CARTER Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2011-03-25** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1240.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1383.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:40 a.m.
- **2011-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8944320b-48c3-4654-9c59-e8e614f9bd29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).