republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1805.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: Student Equity and Achievement Program."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012, provides that the purpose of the act is to increase California community college student access and success by providing effective core matriculation services of orientation, assessment and placement, counseling, and other education planning services, and academic interventions. Existing law requires a community college district or college to maximize the probability that a student will enter and complete transfer-level coursework in English and mathematics within a one-year timeframe. Existing law requires, for those students placed into credit English as a second language (ESL) coursework, community colleges to maximize the probability that the student will complete degree and transfer requirements in English within 3 years. Existing law also requires multiple measures to apply in the placement of all students, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1805"
citation: "California AB 1805 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: Student Equity and Achievement Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94b8be8b-df56-4ef6-9cad-ad1459f489b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805"
source_hash: "2b6f922d75155058b967ae090ab05e17e272597df8798722ac093f5f65ec1519"
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 1805 (20172018) — Community colleges: Student Equity and Achievement Program.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012, provides that the purpose of the act is to increase California community college student access and success by providing effective core matriculation services of orientation, assessment and placement, counseling, and other education planning services, and academic interventions. Existing law requires a community college district or college to maximize the probability that a student will enter and complete transfer-level coursework in English and mathematics within a one-year timeframe. Existing law requires, for those students placed into credit English as a second language (ESL) coursework, community colleges to maximize the probability that the student will complete degree and transfer requirements in English within 3 years. Existing law also requires multiple measures to apply in the placement of all students, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805&version=20170AB180599INT)
2. **02/28/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805&version=20170AB180598AMD)
3. **04/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805&version=20170AB180597AMD)
4. **05/29/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805&version=20170AB180596AMD)
5. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805&version=20170AB180595AMD)
6. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805&version=20170AB180593CHP)
7. **AB1805** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805)
8. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1805&version=20170AB180594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1805 IRWIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1805 Irwin By Allen — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2018-01-22** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-01** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4898.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-29** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5885.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6886.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 531, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94b8be8b-df56-4ef6-9cad-ad1459f489b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).