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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Independent institutions of higher education: legacy and donor preference in admissions: prohibition."
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description: "Existing law establishes independent institutions of higher education as one of the segments of postsecondary education in the state."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1780"
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citation: "California AB 1780 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Independent institutions of higher education", "legacy and donor preference in admissions", "prohibition"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-01-03"
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last_action: "2024-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba8e30c-6d12-4fa9-949a-4cbcd9b7a602"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780"
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source_hash: "4d423e0852ec884df0fd7e2a6355e574c5929540746654c7f712d26b67c2f64a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1780 (20232024) — Independent institutions of higher education: legacy and donor preference in admissions: prohibition.
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Existing law establishes independent institutions of higher education as one of the segments of postsecondary education in the state.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/03/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178099INT)
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2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178098AMD)
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3. **04/08/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178097AMD)
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4. **04/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178096AMD)
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5. **06/11/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178095AMD)
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6. **06/25/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178094AMD)
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7. **06/27/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178093AMD)
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8. **08/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178092AMD)
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9. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178091AMD)
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10. **09/30/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178089CHP)
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11. **AB1780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780)
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12. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1780&version=20230AB178090ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1780 Ting et al. By Limón — **26–5** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1780 Ting Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1780 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **55–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ting — primary (person)
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- Boerner — coauthor (person)
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- Jackson — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — author (person)
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- Ortega — coauthor (person)
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- Wilson — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
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- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-11** 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`
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- **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-08** 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`
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- **2024-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 0. Page 5389.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-11** 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`
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- **2024-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-01** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2024-07-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 5.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
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- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2024-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1006, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ba8e30c-6d12-4fa9-949a-4cbcd9b7a602`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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