republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-368.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "College and Career Access Pathways partnerships."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership with the governing board of a school district or a county office of education, or the governing body of a charter school for the purpose of offering or expanding dual enrollment opportunities for pupils who may not already be college bound or who are underrepresented in higher education, with the goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community college for career technical education or preparation for transfer, improving high school graduation rates, or helping high school pupils achieve college and career readiness. Existing law requires the CCAP partnership agreement to outline the terms of the CCAP partnership, as specified, and to establish protocols for information sharing, joint facilities use, and parental consent for high school pupils to enroll in community college courses. Existing law authorizes a community college district participating in a CCAP partnership to assign priority for enrollment and course registration to a pupil seeking to enroll in a community college course that is required for the pupil's CCAP partnership program, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district participating in a CCAP partnership to exempt special part-time students from certain fee requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 368"
citation: "California AB 368 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["College and Career Access Pathways partnerships"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-02-01"
last_action: "2023-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06a09784-203f-44ae-b3dc-4e3eb8431852"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB368"
source_hash: "1edb9a7585a4d83cd483abce275c817aa543083e0f841ced34b17a6e5fa77984"
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 368 (20232024) — College and Career Access Pathways partnerships.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership with the governing board of a school district or a county office of education, or the governing body of a charter school for the purpose of offering or expanding dual enrollment opportunities for pupils who may not already be college bound or who are underrepresented in higher education, with the goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community college for career technical education or preparation for transfer, improving high school graduation rates, or helping high school pupils achieve college and career readiness. Existing law requires the CCAP partnership agreement to outline the terms of the CCAP partnership, as specified, and to establish protocols for information sharing, joint facilities use, and parental consent for high school pupils to enroll in community college courses. Existing law authorizes a community college district participating in a CCAP partnership to assign priority for enrollment and course registration to a pupil seeking to enroll in a community college course that is required for the pupil's CCAP partnership program, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district participating in a CCAP partnership to exempt special part-time students from certain fee requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB368&version=20230AB36899INT)
2. **03/02/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB368&version=20230AB36898AMD)
3. **05/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB368&version=20230AB36897AMD)
4. **09/06/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB368&version=20230AB36896AMD)
5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB368&version=20230AB36894CHP)
6. **AB368** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB368)
7. **09/14/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB368&version=20230AB36895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 368 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB368 Holden By Smallwood-Cuevas Motion To Reconsider — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB368 Holden By Smallwood-Cuevas — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 368 Holden Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB368 Holden By Smallwood-Cuevas — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** 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`
- **2023-03-06** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1594.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-31** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-29** From Consent Calendar.
- **2023-06-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2355.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-05** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2355.)
- **2023-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2582.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3283.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 521, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06a09784-203f-44ae-b3dc-4e3eb8431852`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).