republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1721.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Postsecondary Education Commission: study."
description: "California Postsecondary Education Commission: study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1721"
citation: "California AB 1721 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Postsecondary Education Commission: study."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-03-14"
last_action: "2001-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61bc3030-7908-45b7-ae98-fa60d5cb93a0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1721"
source_hash: "e41ffb128d2f054021e05ea625f862c7fa6bd068385934471f97a573b2ca40c9"
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 1721 (20012002) — California Postsecondary Education Commission: study.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/14/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1721&version=20010AB172199INT)
2. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1721&version=20010AB172198AMD)
3. **09/06/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1721&version=20010AB172197AMD)
4. **10/07/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1721&version=20010AB172195CHP)
5. **AB1721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1721)
6. **09/13/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1721&version=20010AB172196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1721 HIGHER ED. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1721 HIGHER ED. Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1721 Committee on Higher Ed (Alquist) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 571, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3944.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2761.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-09-06** From inactive file. To second reading. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-08-28** To inactive file on motion of Senator Torlakson.
- **2001-08-27** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2057.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1856.)
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-03-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-15** From printer. May be heard in committee April 14.
- **2001-03-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61bc3030-7908-45b7-ae98-fa60d5cb93a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).