republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1460.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University: graduation requirement: ethnic studies."
description: "Existing law establishes the California State University and its various campuses under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University. Existing law requires the trustees to adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state for the governance of the trustees, their appointees and employees, and the California State University. Existing regulations require students of the California State University to complete courses in American history and American government or pass comprehensive examinations in those fields in order to graduate, with specified requirements and exceptions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1460"
citation: "California AB 1460 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University: graduation requirement: ethnic studies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2020-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7e289cd-1d1f-4cb3-8c4a-7baa60fd0518"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460"
source_hash: "0ef4a9394af7475e9470ebd3d29de6094cb296fd61107a3baac488c931dee985"
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 1460 (20192020) — California State University: graduation requirement: ethnic studies.

Existing law establishes the California State University and its various campuses under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University. Existing law requires the trustees to adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state for the governance of the trustees, their appointees and employees, and the California State University. Existing regulations require students of the California State University to complete courses in American history and American government or pass comprehensive examinations in those fields in order to graduate, with specified requirements and exceptions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460&version=20190AB146099INT)
2. **02/11/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460&version=20190AB146095AMD)
3. **03/21/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460&version=20190AB146098AMD)
4. **06/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460&version=20190AB146097AMD)
5. **08/12/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460&version=20190AB146096AMD)
6. **08/17/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460&version=20190AB146093CHP)
7. **AB1460** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460)
8. **08/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1460&version=20190AB146094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–0** (fail) · upper
- [First] hearing set for [06-26-2019]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1460 Weber Assembly Third Reading — **59–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1460 Weber et al. By Bradford — **30–5** (pass) · upper
- AB 1460 Weber Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
- Gloria — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 1893.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-08-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-19** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** In committee: Held under submission.
- **2020-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 3748.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2020-08-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 5063.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2020-08-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7e289cd-1d1f-4cb3-8c4a-7baa60fd0518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).