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type: "Bill"
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title: "Community colleges: student equity plan."
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description: "Existing law, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012, provides that the purpose of the act is to increase California community college student access and success by providing effective core matriculation services, including orientation, assessment and placement, counseling, other education planning services, and academic interventions. Existing law establishes the Student Equity and Achievement Program and requires a community college district, as a condition of the receipt of funds under the program, to comply with specified requirements, including the maintenance of a student equity plan to ensure equal educational opportunities and promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances. Existing law requires a student equity plan to be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community."
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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 2403"
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citation: "California AB 2403 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Community colleges", "student equity plan"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bonta"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-02-12"
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last_action: "2024-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cf72a5f-8ce5-4fb8-802a-0d1f02b4b56d"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2403"
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source_hash: "af27ecd46bef68f2b73ad2c7da9601be82dc0cfe9508b97b2cae17a1704d9992"
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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 2403 (20232024) — Community colleges: student equity plan.
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Existing law, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012, provides that the purpose of the act is to increase California community college student access and success by providing effective core matriculation services, including orientation, assessment and placement, counseling, other education planning services, and academic interventions. Existing law establishes the Student Equity and Achievement Program and requires a community college district, as a condition of the receipt of funds under the program, to comply with specified requirements, including the maintenance of a student equity plan to ensure equal educational opportunities and promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances. Existing law requires a student equity plan to be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community.
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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. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2403&version=20230AB240399INT)
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2. **03/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2403&version=20230AB240398AMD)
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3. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2403&version=20230AB240396CHP)
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4. **AB2403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2403)
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5. **08/23/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2403&version=20230AB240397ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB2403 Bonta By Cortese — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2403 Bonta Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bonta — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
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- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5266.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-21** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
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- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 715, 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/7cf72a5f-8ce5-4fb8-802a-0d1f02b4b56d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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