republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1200.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: academic standards."
description: "The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education. Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the public segments of postsecondary education in this state. A provision of the act requires the California State University and requests the University of California to establish a uniform set of model academic standards for high school courses for pupils who wish to attend those institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1200"
citation: "California SB 1200 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: academic standards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86d14a09-8d98-4f25-9a69-68e75b2871c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1200"
source_hash: "bc12caf518202520fb50ceefd2f1848cb84459568b3e7dcc4175bc605098a61c"
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 1200 (20132014) — Public postsecondary education: academic standards.

The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education. Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the public segments of postsecondary education in this state. A provision of the act requires the California State University and requests the University of California to establish a uniform set of model academic standards for high school courses for pupils who wish to attend those institutions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1200&version=20130SB120099INT)
2. **04/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1200&version=20130SB120098AMD)
3. **04/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1200&version=20130SB120097AMD)
4. **06/16/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1200&version=20130SB120096AMD)
5. **09/20/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1200&version=20130SB120094CHP)
6. **SB1200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1200)
7. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1200&version=20130SB120095ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1200 Padilla Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1200 Padilla Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Hagman — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2014-03-20** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-03-25** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2014-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3118.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-24** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3358.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5705.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4640.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86d14a09-8d98-4f25-9a69-68e75b2871c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).