republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-3186.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: University of California: California Community Colleges: competitive bidding: best value."
description: "Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community College, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, administered by governing boards, throughout the state, to provide instruction to students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 3186"
citation: "California AB 3186 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: University of California: California Community Colleges: competitive bidding: best value."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/551f8b88-f622-4af5-938d-8891d2d115dd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3186"
source_hash: "f230ff7cb1d0b060547bf10602957884f2a5c02c4bbcc1a959c7822e5df428d7"
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 3186 (20172018) — Public postsecondary education: University of California: California Community Colleges: competitive bidding: best value.

Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community College, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts, administered by governing boards, throughout the state, to provide instruction to students.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3186&version=20170AB318699INT)
2. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3186&version=20170AB318697CHP)
3. **AB3186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3186)
4. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3186&version=20170AB318698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3186 Medina By McGuire — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 3186 MEDINA Assembly Third Reading — **56–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 5510.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 5807.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 725, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/551f8b88-f622-4af5-938d-8891d2d115dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).