republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-619.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education."
description: "(1) A part of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, known as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires a student who earns an associate degree for transfer to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets certain requirements, including the completion of specified number of units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University, including the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements. Existing law requires the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges to establish a singular lower division general education pathway that meets the academic requirements necessary for transfer admission to both the California State University and the University of California. Existing law, commencing with the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, requires that singular lower division general education pathway to be the only lower division general education pathway used to determine academic eligibility and sufficient academic preparation for transfer into the California State University and the University of California, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 619"
citation: "California SB 619 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Publicpostsecondaryeducation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7f4d044-13cd-4608-998e-ea282fc79609"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB619"
source_hash: "3297bc1c47f6f7c5687e772332b45955272466916185d35d94287543de96d047"
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 SB 619 (20252026) — Public postsecondary education.

(1) A part of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, known as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires a student who earns an associate degree for transfer to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets certain requirements, including the completion of specified number of units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University, including the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements. Existing law requires the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges to establish a singular lower division general education pathway that meets the academic requirements necessary for transfer admission to both the California State University and the University of California. Existing law, commencing with the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, requires that singular lower division general education pathway to be the only lower division general education pathway used to determine academic eligibility and sufficient academic preparation for transfer into the California State University and the University of California, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB619&version=20250SB61999INT)
2. **04/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB619&version=20250SB61998AMD)
3. **07/28/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB619&version=20250SB61996CHP)
4. **SB619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB619)
5. **07/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB619&version=20250SB61997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 619 Education Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB619 ED. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2025-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 736.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2509.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-10** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-07-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 74, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7f4d044-13cd-4608-998e-ea282fc79609`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).