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Bill	California-China Climate Institute.	Existing law establishes the University of California as a public trust under the administration of the Regents of the University of California. The University of California provides instruction and performs research at the 10 campuses it operates and maintains in Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 39	California AB 39 (20212022)	bill	California-China Climate Institute.	enacted	Chau	7	27	10	2020-12-07	2021-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/cf2656f7-bcb3-4331-9e49-2c74d395cc2d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB39	a19e6005e11d390941b7b5f175f0e6499c56bf78025976d95c2350411dd982e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 39 (20212022) — California-China Climate Institute.

Existing law establishes the University of California as a public trust under the administration of the Regents of the University of California. The University of California provides instruction and performs research at the 10 campuses it operates and maintains in Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/23/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB39 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 39 Chau Assembly Third Reading — 50–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 39 Chau Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–12 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 8–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB39 Chau By Skinner — 29–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (March 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 16. Page 1407.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-27 Referred to Coms. on ED., E.Q. and N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2021-05-27 Action rescinded whereby the bill was referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2021-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-21 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 2496.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 12. Page 2982.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cf2656f7-bcb3-4331-9e49-2c74d395cc2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).