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type: "Bill"
title: "California State University students: California Promise: Finish in Four and Through in Two."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Promise, which requires at least 20 campuses of the California State University to establish a California Promise program by which the campus enters into a pledge with a qualifying transfer student to support the student in earning a baccalaureate degree within 2 academic years of the student's first year of enrollment to the campus, as provided. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1205"
citation: "California AB 1205 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Promise", "California State University students", "Finish in Four and Through in Two"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bauer-Kahan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 33
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4265745e-fde9-4e76-8b51-9bcaaf8221a9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205"
source_hash: "b9f6d48b13827593dd2484354c20f625567e17cba48b487a7427e26765072a01"
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 1205 (20232024) — California State University students: California Promise: Finish in Four and Through in Two.
Existing law establishes the California Promise, which requires at least 20 campuses of the California State University to establish a California Promise program by which the campus enters into a pledge with a qualifying transfer student to support the student in earning a baccalaureate degree within 2 academic years of the student's first year of enrollment to the campus, as provided. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2026.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205&version=20230AB120599INT)
2. **03/23/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205&version=20230AB120598AMD)
3. **05/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205&version=20230AB120597AMD)
4. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205&version=20230AB120596AMD)
5. **08/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205&version=20230AB120595AMD)
6. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205&version=20230AB120593CHP)
7. **AB1205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205)
8. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1205&version=20230AB120594ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended — **63** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 1205 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **683** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **114** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1205 Bauer-Kahan et al. — **400** (pass) · upper
- AB 1205 Bauer-Kahan Assembly Third Reading — **4617** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
- Glazer — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-05-08** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 17. Page 1690.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 10). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-21** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hurtado.
- **2024-08-28** Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.)
- **2024-08-28** From inactive file.
- **2024-08-28** Ordered to second reading.
- **2024-08-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-28** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 3.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 677, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4265745e-fde9-4e76-8b51-9bcaaf8221a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).