republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2370.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: faculty: instructor of record: qualifications."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, subject to alternative minimum qualifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2370"
citation: "California AB 2370 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges", "faculty", "instructor of record", "qualifications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51cdfa62-52cb-46a4-97e6-392d326853ab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2370"
source_hash: "6538ff9ff32d5c20a99dae2b23287b4b6c438b4c9df494435a2e0e3eb79cfad4"
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 2370 (20232024) — Community colleges: faculty: instructor of record: qualifications.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, subject to alternative minimum qualifications.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2370&version=20230AB237099INT)
2. **04/17/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2370&version=20230AB237098AMD)
3. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2370&version=20230AB237096CHP)
4. **AB2370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2370)
5. **06/18/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2370&version=20230AB237097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2370 Cervantes Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2024-03-18** Referred to Coms. on P. & C.P. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2024-04-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5080.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-15** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4489.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 66, 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/51cdfa62-52cb-46a4-97e6-392d326853ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).