republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1796.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: reenrollment."
description: "Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. A provision of the Donahoe Higher Education Act expresses the intent of the Legislature that specified categories of applicants be prioritized in a specified order for the purpose of enrollment planning and admission priority practice at the undergraduate resident student level for the California State University and the University of California, including applicants who have been previously enrolled at the campus to which they are applying, as specified. The act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1796"
citation: "California AB 1796 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: reenrollment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Choi"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab7f422d-2f2c-415a-9f94-f7f8730423d5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1796"
source_hash: "235e1551ff35b0d1bb0955f8e0d1442edb0554e3eaefb66ba2e5eeda84769715"
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 1796 (20212022) — Public postsecondary education: reenrollment.

Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. A provision of the Donahoe Higher Education Act expresses the intent of the Legislature that specified categories of applicants be prioritized in a specified order for the purpose of enrollment planning and admission priority practice at the undergraduate resident student level for the California State University and the University of California, including applicants who have been previously enrolled at the campus to which they are applying, as specified. The act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1796&version=20210AB179699INT)
2. **03/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1796&version=20210AB179698AMD)
3. **09/15/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1796&version=20210AB179696CHP)
4. **AB1796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1796)
5. **08/19/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1796&version=20210AB179697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1796 Choi et al. By Pan — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1796 Choi Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Choi — primary (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4577.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4871.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab7f422d-2f2c-415a-9f94-f7f8730423d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).