republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-809.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: child development programs: priority enrollment: Title IX protection: pregnancy and parental status."
description: "Under existing law, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, are the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 809"
citation: "California AB 809 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: child development programs: priority enrollment: Title IX protection: pregnancy and parental status."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/656a4b34-5ca4-4393-a7f0-c8dfafe9c2d4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB809"
source_hash: "694e595cea85cfb1d78f8e8eacd988e63a9b60023eb07d4d1fa9b82831f45f1e"
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 809 (20192020) — Public postsecondary education: child development programs: priority enrollment: Title IX protection: pregnancy and parental status.

Under existing law, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, are the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB809&version=20190AB80999INT)
2. **05/23/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB809&version=20190AB80998AMD)
3. **09/06/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB809&version=20190AB80996CHP)
4. **AB809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB809)
5. **08/23/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB809&version=20190AB80997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 809 Santiago Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB809 Santiago et al. By Leyva — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 809 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2019-03-04** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1590.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** 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`
- **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2200.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2795.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 265, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/656a4b34-5ca4-4393-a7f0-c8dfafe9c2d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).