republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-834.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Private postsecondary education: School Performance Fact Sheets."
description: "Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for regulatory oversight of private postsecondary schools in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act exempts specified institutions, including certain law schools, from all, or a portion, of its provisions. The act requires an institution to provide a prospective student prior to enrollment with a School Performance Fact Sheet, which is required to contain specified information relating to the educational program. The act requires an institution that maintains an Internet Web site to provide, on that Internet Web site, specified information, including a School Performance Fact Sheet for each educational program offered by the institution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 834"
citation: "California AB 834 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private postsecondary education: School Performance Fact Sheets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 38
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6adb5809-8b29-48cf-8607-31a2ff1ce987"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834"
source_hash: "8c5757d87ffc15ec8b82c0015d2257535b286ab9ddfc399d4a93da74d52a8fc1"
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 834 (20132014) — Private postsecondary education: School Performance Fact Sheets.

Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for regulatory oversight of private postsecondary schools in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act exempts specified institutions, including certain law schools, from all, or a portion, of its provisions. The act requires an institution to provide a prospective student prior to enrollment with a School Performance Fact Sheet, which is required to contain specified information relating to the educational program. The act requires an institution that maintains an Internet Web site to provide, on that Internet Web site, specified information, including a School Performance Fact Sheet for each educational program offered by the institution.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83499INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83495AMD)
3. **03/03/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83494AMD)
4. **04/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83498AMD)
5. **04/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83497AMD)
6. **05/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83493AMD)
7. **06/25/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83496AMD)
8. **07/23/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83491CHP)
9. **AB834** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834)
10. **07/02/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB834&version=20130AB83492ENR)

## Votes

- AB 834 WILLIAMS Concurrence - Urgency Added — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- amendments be concurred in. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 834 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — **42–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Education. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB834 Williams By Wyland Urgency Clause — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Natural Resources. — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 24. Page 1607.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U., & C. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-06-26** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-27** Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4019.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-06-23** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5641.)
- **2014-06-25** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5730.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2014-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 176, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6adb5809-8b29-48cf-8607-31a2ff1ce987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).