republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-970.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "University of California and California State University: systemwide student fees."
description: "Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The California State University, which is governed by the Trustees of the California State University (trustees) , and the University of California, which is governed by the Regents of the University of California (regents) , are 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education. The provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents act by resolution to make them applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 970"
citation: "California AB 970 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of California and California State University: systemwide student fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5043b0d-3154-4986-beb0-bb17664880c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970"
source_hash: "3ebbc730aa0632ed5629e15f18cae02b20c9f0ffeacb9ca9d67efe8dfa6d5d36"
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 970 (20112012) — University of California and California State University: systemwide student fees.

Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The California State University, which is governed by the Trustees of the California State University (trustees) , and the University of California, which is governed by the Regents of the University of California (regents) , are 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education. The provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents act by resolution to make them applicable.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97099INT)
2. **01/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97095AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97098AMD)
4. **06/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97097AMD)
5. **06/03/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97096AMD)
6. **06/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97094AMD)
7. **07/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97093AMD)
8. **08/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97092AMD)
9. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97090CHP)
10. **AB970** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970)
11. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB970&version=20110AB97091ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB970 Fong By Alquist — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 970 FONG Assembly Third Reading — **51–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 970 FONG Assembly Third Reading Amend By FONG Set #1 — **52–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 970 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **55–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)
- Block — author (person)
- Brownley — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- John A. Pérez — principal coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 1692.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-01** Re-referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-03** 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`
- **2011-06-06** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-07** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Fong.
- **2012-01-19** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Fong.
- **2012-01-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 3600.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 3626.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-31** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4974.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-30** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 6637.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 620, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5043b0d-3154-4986-beb0-bb17664880c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).