republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1402.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development: California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2013, establishes the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program. Existing law provides for the awarding of grants for this program, and provides that this program shall only be implemented during fiscal years for which funds are appropriated for these purposes. Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as part of the program, to assist economic and workforce regional development centers and consortia to improve linkages and career-technical education pathways between high schools and community colleges, in a manner that, among other things, improves the quality of career exploration and career outreach materials. Existing law also requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop an implementation strategy for achieving this goal, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1402"
citation: "California SB 1402 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic development: California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e07d581-f8b5-48f3-9a54-f633c9e37ca5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1402"
source_hash: "534046b8081f2fc5362f823f793ee21c97052ebd52904983bb25709f86aabc19"
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 SB 1402 (20112012) — Economic development: California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program.

Existing law, until January 1, 2013, establishes the California Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program. Existing law provides for the awarding of grants for this program, and provides that this program shall only be implemented during fiscal years for which funds are appropriated for these purposes. Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as part of the program, to assist economic and workforce regional development centers and consortia to improve linkages and career-technical education pathways between high schools and community colleges, in a manner that, among other things, improves the quality of career exploration and career outreach materials. Existing law also requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop an implementation strategy for achieving this goal, as specified.

## 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=201120120SB1402&version=20110SB140299INT)
2. **06/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1402&version=20110SB140298AMD)
3. **08/06/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1402&version=20110SB140297AMD)
4. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1402&version=20110SB140296AMD)
5. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1402&version=20110SB140294CHP)
6. **SB1402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1402)
7. **08/30/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1402&version=20110SB140295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1402 Lieu Senate Third Reading By BONILLA — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1402 Lieu Concurrence — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3231.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3596.) (May 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3750.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** Re-referred to Coms. on J., E.D. & E. and HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 5460.)
- **2012-06-27** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5460.)
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 5751.)
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6197.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4853.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 p.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 361, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e07d581-f8b5-48f3-9a54-f633c9e37ca5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).