republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-611.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: University of California."
description: "Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, act to make a provision applicable. Existing law also requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, to establish model uniform academic standards, develop and implement a speedy process whereby high schools may obtain approval of their courses as satisfying specified admissions requirements, and develop a simple procedure to evaluate career technical education courses, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 611"
citation: "California SB 611 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: University of California."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1f73a54-f0e0-4c21-b359-71c98737a1a5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB611"
source_hash: "0e1c5efbaf061fff3579556b098bece3324473e329840a1383eeb3a6425da66f"
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 611 (20112012) — Public postsecondary education: University of California.

Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, act to make a provision applicable. Existing law also requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, to establish model uniform academic standards, develop and implement a speedy process whereby high schools may obtain approval of their courses as satisfying specified admissions requirements, and develop a simple procedure to evaluate career technical education courses, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB611&version=20110SB61199INT)
2. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB611&version=20110SB61198AMD)
3. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB611&version=20110SB61196CHP)
4. **SB611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB611)
5. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB611&version=20110SB61197ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 611 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By BLOCK — **58–20** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB611 Steinberg Concurrence — **29–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 760.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-09** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 1120.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1246.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-17** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 20. Page 2743.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2242.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 631, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1f73a54-f0e0-4c21-b359-71c98737a1a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).