republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-829.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University: Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program."
description: "Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law provides for the missions and functions of these segments, and states that the University of California has the sole authority in public higher education to award doctoral degrees in all fields of learning, except that it may agree with the California State University to award joint doctoral degrees in selected fields. However, existing law authorizes the California State University to offer doctoral programs in education, audiology, and physical therapy without that agreement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 829"
citation: "California AB 829 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University: Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c8bc5f0-ad98-443d-b9a9-a4f677ec8b0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB829"
source_hash: "c137faee9d67426f60b5a6fcbf9d30274e86a9804624b6476ddd772c23899038"
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 829 (20192020) — California State University: Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law provides for the missions and functions of these segments, and states that the University of California has the sole authority in public higher education to award doctoral degrees in all fields of learning, except that it may agree with the California State University to award joint doctoral degrees in selected fields. However, existing law authorizes the California State University to offer doctoral programs in education, audiology, and physical therapy without that agreement.

## 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=201920200AB829&version=20190AB82999INT)
2. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB829&version=20190AB82997CHP)
3. **AB829** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB829)
4. **08/16/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB829&version=20190AB82998ENR)

## Votes

- AB 829 Bloom Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB829 Bloom et al. By Bradford — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)
- Gipson — author (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`
- **2019-04-10** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2119.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2180.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-15** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 183, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c8bc5f0-ad98-443d-b9a9-a4f677ec8b0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).