republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2462.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: academic credit for prior military academic experience."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Chancellor of the California State University, and the President of the University of California serve as the respective chief executive officers of these 3 segments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2462"
citation: "California AB 2462 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: academic credit for prior military academic experience."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf83f57-9f19-4a25-9736-e8d781a1916f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462"
source_hash: "0a837259313e6191946f73b148d99749486dcdf6b634e8e040eaa8ef2f0a9493"
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 2462 (20112012) — Public postsecondary education: academic credit for prior military academic experience.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Chancellor of the California State University, and the President of the University of California serve as the respective chief executive officers of these 3 segments.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246299INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246298AMD)
3. **04/09/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246297AMD)
4. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246296AMD)
5. **05/08/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246295AMD)
6. **05/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246294AMD)
7. **08/21/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246293AMD)
8. **09/20/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246291CHP)
9. **AB2462** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462)
10. **09/07/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2462&version=20110AB246292ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2462 BLOCK Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2462 Block By Alquist — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2462 BLOCK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)
- Cook — author (person)
- Fuentes — author (person)
- Logue — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** 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`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** 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`
- **2012-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4986.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4751.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6420.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 404, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abf83f57-9f19-4a25-9736-e8d781a1916f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).