republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-524.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: Campus-Recognized Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act."
description: "Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 524"
citation: "California AB 524 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: Campus-Recognized Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45056e20-ee98-4511-a850-9b2644f8dce9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524"
source_hash: "cf832e51fe27da2f662400205c7561b9451b6e02c3b18d8aecebad6209c8df9e"
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 524 (20212022) — Postsecondary education: Campus-Recognized Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.

Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524&version=20210AB52499INT)
2. **04/19/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524&version=20210AB52498AMD)
3. **05/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524&version=20210AB52497AMD)
4. **06/14/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524&version=20210AB52496AMD)
5. **08/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524&version=20210AB52495AMD)
6. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524&version=20210AB52493CHP)
7. **AB524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524)
8. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB524&version=20210AB52494ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB524 Rodriguez et al. By Newman — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 524 Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 524 Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2021-04-19** 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`
- **2021-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-03** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Rodriguez.
- **2022-01-18** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Rodriguez.
- **2022-01-19** From inactive file.
- **2022-01-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-01-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 3363.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **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`
- **2022-08-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5125.). `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 75. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, 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/45056e20-ee98-4511-a850-9b2644f8dce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).