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type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: omnibus bill."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, 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 the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2973"
citation: "California AB 2973 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-03-21"
last_action: "2022-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/828b7d30-a97b-47ad-9e56-51fa2801cbc3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973"
source_hash: "cd2629f4bd4389df60b5cdebb02d7a0bf609e8f49460b071bd3cf042e4f18792"
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 2973 (20212022) — Postsecondary education: omnibus bill.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, 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 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. **03/21/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973&version=20210AB297399INT)
2. **06/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973&version=20210AB297398AMD)
3. **08/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973&version=20210AB297397AMD)
4. **08/18/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973&version=20210AB297396AMD)
5. **09/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973&version=20210AB297394CHP)
6. **AB2973** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973)
7. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2973&version=20210AB297395ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **60** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2973 HIGHER ED. (Medina) By Limón — **400** (pass) · upper
- AB 2973 Higher Education Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **120** (pass) · lower
- AB 2973 HIGHER ED. Consent Calendar Second Day — **720** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **160** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22** From printer. May be heard in committee April 21.
- **2022-03-31** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4741.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (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 file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** From Consent Calendar.
- **2022-06-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5139.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 465, 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/828b7d30-a97b-47ad-9e56-51fa2801cbc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).