FACCC Web Tracking
AB 1 McKinnor D Collective bargaining: Legislature.
Chaptered: 10/7/2023
Status: 10/7/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Chapter 12.5 (commencing with Section 3599.50) to Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, relating to the Legislature.
Summary:
Existing law, the Ralph C. Dills Act (Dills Act), governs collective bargaining between the state and recognized state public employee organizations. Existing law excludes certain employees from coverage under the Dills Act, including, among others, managerial employees, supervisory employees, and confidential employees, as defined. Existing law creates the Public Employment Relations Board and authorizes it, among other things, to determine appropriate state employee bargaining units, as specified.This bill would enact the Legislature Employer-Employee Relations Act, to provide employees of the Legislature, except certain specified categories of excluded employees, the right to form, join, and participate in the activities of employee organizations of their own choosing for the purpose of representation on all matters of employer-employee relations. The bill would prescribe rights, duties, and prohibitions in this context that parallel those in the Dills Act. For the purposes of bargaining or meeting and conferring in good faith, the bill would define “employer” to mean the Assembly Committee on Rules or the Senate Committee on Rules. The bill would require the employer to meet and confer with representatives of recognized employee organizations regarding matters within the scope of representation. The bill would exclude certain matters from the scope of representation, as specified. The bill would grant exclusive jurisdiction to the Public Employment Relations Board to make an initial determination as to whether charges of unfair practices are justified, and, if so, the necessary remedy, as specified. However, the bill would prohibit the board from issuing a decision or order that intrudes upon or interferes with the Legislature’s core function of efficient and effective lawmaking or the essential operation of the Legislature. The bill would require the board to determine appropriate bargaining units, and would prohibit the board from including employees in a bargaining unit that includes employees other than those of the employer. The bill would prohibit the board from including within a bargaining unit employees from both the Assembly and Senate. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 26 Fong, Mike D Personal Income Tax Law: exclusion: federal student loan debt relief plan.
Status: 5/2/2023-From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Position Support
Laws: An act to add and repeal Section 17132.12 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.
Summary:
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax law, generally defines “gross income” as income from whatever source derived, except as specifically excluded, including an exclusion for the amount of student loan indebtedness repaid or canceled pursuant to a specified federal law. This bill would exclude from an individual’s gross income, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023, and before January 1, 2028, any amount of qualified student loan debt, as defined, that is discharged under the federal student loan debt relief plan, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 91 Alvarez D Community colleges: exemption from nonresident tuition fee: residence near the California-Mexico border.
Chaptered: 10/13/2023
Status: 10/13/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 796, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 76140 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
(1) 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 establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes them to operate campuses and provide instruction to students. This bill would additionally exempt from the nonresident tuition fee a nonresident, low-income student who: (1) is a resident of Mexico, (2) registers for lower division courses at Cuyamaca College, Grossmont College, Imperial Valley College, MiraCosta College, Palomar College, San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, San Diego Miramar College, or Southwestern College, and (3) has residence within 45 miles of the California-Mexico border, as provided. The bill would, in any academic year, prohibit more than 150 FTES at each of these community colleges from being exempted from payment of the nonresident tuition fee. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 211 Committee on Budget Budget Act of 2023.
Status: 4/12/2023-Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.
Position Watch
Laws: An act relating to the Budget Act of 2023.
Summary:
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes, relating to the Budget Act of 2023.
AB 247 Muratsuchi D Education finance: school facilities: Transitional Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2024.
Status: 9/1/2023-In committee: Held under submission.
Position Watch
Laws: An act to amend Sections 17070.25, 17070.43, 17070.50, 17070.51, 17071.75, 17072.30, 17072.35, 17073.15, 17074.16, 17074.25, 17075.15, 17077.35, 17078.52, and 17078.58 of, to add Sections 17070.42, 17070.59, 17073.16, 17074.265, and 17075.20 to, to add Article 10.7 (commencing with Section 17077.60) and Article 11.5 (commencing with Section 17078.40) to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add Part 72 (commencing with Section 101400) to Division 14 of Title 3 of, and to repeal and add Section 17075.10 of, the Education Code, relating to education finance, by providing the funds necessary therefor through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handling and disposition of these funds.
Summary:
The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from creating a debt or liability that singly or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities exceeds the sum of $300,000, except by an act that (1) authorizes the debt for a single object or work specified in the act, (2) has been passed by a 2/3 vote of all the Members elected to each house of the Legislature, (3) has been submitted to the people at a statewide general or primary election, and (4) has received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at that election. This bill would set forth the Transitional Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2024 as a state general obligation bond act that would provide $14,000,000,000 to construct and modernize education facilities, as specified. This bond act would become operative only if approved by the voters at an unspecified 2024 statewide election. The bill would also provide for the submission of the bond act to the voters at that election. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 260 Santiago D Community colleges: part-time employees.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/3/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Co-Sponsor
Laws: An act to amend Section 87482.3 of, and to add Section 87815.5 to, the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state. Existing law authorizes these districts to establish compensation levels for academic employees, as provided. Existing law requires community college districts, as a condition of receiving funding allocated for the Student Success and Support Program, to negotiate in good faith with the exclusive representatives for part-time, temporary faculty, the terms of reemployment preference for part-time, temporary faculty assignments based on minimum standards up to the range of 60% to 67% of a full-time equivalent load and a regular evaluation process for part-time, temporary faculty, as specified. Existing law establishes procedures for community college districts to demonstrate compliance with these requirements. This bill would require persons who are employed to teach adult or community college classes part time, as provided, to receive compensation in at least an amount that bears the same ratio to the amount provided to full-time employees as the time actually served by those part-time employees bears to the time actually served by full-time employees with comparable duties. The bill would impose this pay requirement upon the expiration or renewal of existing collective bargaining agreements, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 263 Jones-Sawyer D Public postsecondary education: pilot program for free cost of education: working group.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/26/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to add and repeal Section 66014.1 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
Summary:
Under existing law, the segments of public postsecondary education in the state are the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. This bill would require the Student Aid Commission to convene a working group until July 1, 2026, consisting of representatives from the State Department of Education, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and faculty, staff, and students from the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to research and develop recommendations for the creation of a pilot program, as specified, that would cover the cost of postsecondary education in the state by replacing the system of charging students tuition and fees, and addressing additional expenses associated with attendance at a public postsecondary institution. The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2026, the working group to submit a report to the Legislature on the pilot program, including information identified by the working group such as the public postsecondary institutions that would participate in the pilot program, the length of the pilot program, and available funding sources for the duration of the pilot program. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2027.
AB 264 Ting D Community colleges: Lunar New Year holiday.
Chaptered: 10/8/2023
Status: 10/8/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 517, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Sections 79020 and 88203 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
Summary:
Existing law establishes various holidays in this state, including Lunar New Year. Existing law requires community colleges to close on specified holidays, including February 12, known as “Lincoln Day,” and the third Monday in February, known as “Washington Day.” Existing law entitles certain community college employees to be given time off with pay for specified holidays, including for Lincoln Day and Washington Day.This bill would authorize the governing board of a community college district, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding, to replace closing on Lincoln Day or Washington Day with the date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should an intercalary month intervene, known as “Lunar New Year.” The bill would require that certain community college employees, in lieu of a paid holiday for Lincoln Day or Washington Day, receive a paid holiday for the Lunar New Year if the governing board of the community college replaces closing on Lincoln Day or Washington Day with closing on Lunar New Year.
AB 266 Boerner D Legislative Internship Program.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/10/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 89415) to Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of the Education Code, and to add Section 9152 to the Government Code, relating to legislative internships.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. This bill would establish the Legislative Internship Program under the administration of the California State University’s Center for California Studies to provide paid internship opportunities at offices of the Legislature, to qualified applicants, as provided. The bill would establish the Legislative Internship Program Fund as the initial depository of all moneys appropriated, donated, or otherwise received for the program, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the Center for California Studies to distribute moneys in the fund to program participants, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 274 Bryan D CalWORKs: CalFresh: eligibility: income exclusions.
Status: 9/14/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/12/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 11157 of, and to add Section 18901.09 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.
Summary:
Existing federal law provides for allocation of federal funds to eligible states through the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. Existing state law provides for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program under which, through a combination of state and county funds and federal funds received through the TANF program, each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families. Under existing law, certain types of payments received by recipients of aid under the CalWORKs program, including, among others, an award or scholarship provided by a public or private entity to, or on behalf of, a dependent child are exempt from consideration as income for purposes of determining eligibility and aid amount. This bill would exempt any grant, award, scholarship, loan, or fellowship benefit provided to any assistance unit member for educational purposes from consideration as income or resources for purposes of determining CalWORKs eligibility or grant amounts, as specified. The bill would also require, to the extent permitted by federal law, regulation, or guidance, or a waiver thereof, the State Department of Social Services to exercise a federal option to exclude, for purposes of calculating a household’s income under CalFresh, any type of income that the department excludes when determining eligibility or benefits for CalWORKs. This bill would require the department to implement these provisions through an all-county letter or similar instruction until regulations are adopted. By expanding the scope of eligibility for CalWORKs and CalFresh, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 299 Holden D Hazing: educational institutions: civil liability: resources.
Vetoed: 10/7/2023
Status: 10/7/2023-Vetoed by Governor.
Position Watch
Laws: An act to add Sections 32050 and 32051 to the Education Code, relating to hazing.
Summary:
Existing law makes it unlawful to engage in hazing, which is defined as a method of initiation or preinitiation into a student organization or student body, whether or not the organization or body is officially recognized by an educational institution, that is likely to cause serious bodily injury to a former, current, or prospective student of a school, community college, college, university, or other educational institution in the state. Existing law establishes civil liability for hazing participants or the organization if it is involved in the hazing.This bill would, beginning January 1, 2025, additionally establish civil liability for an educational institution, which the bill would define as a public or private institution of higher education in the state, if the institution has direct involvement in the hazing practices of the organization, or knew or in the exercise of ordinary care reasonably should have known of the hazing practices of the organization to which the student is seeking membership and unreasonably failed to prevent, discover, or stop the hazing practices, and the organization involved in the hazing is affiliated with the educational institution at the time of the alleged hazing incident. For purposes of determining whether an educational institution unreasonably failed to prevent, discover, or stop the hazing practices, the bill would require consideration of the extent to which the institution had specific antihazing measures in place at the time of the alleged hazing incident. This bill contains other related provisions.
Governor's Message: To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 299 without my signature. Beginning January 1, 2025, this bill authorizes a civil action against a public or private institution of higher education by a person harmed by hazing involving an organization affiliated with the educational institution when the institution had direct involvement in, knew of, or "in the exercise of ordinary care reasonably should have known" of the hazing and unreasonably failed to prevent, discover, or stop the hazing. Hazing has no place in public or private institutions of higher education (IHE). I agree that IHEs that knowingly support hazing or fail to take reasonable steps to prevent hazing should be accountable. However, as drafted, this bill goes much further than that, creating expansive financial exposure even for IHEs that are taking appropriate steps to protect their students from hazing . I encourage the author to more clearly define when liability arises when IHEs have taken statutorily defined reasonable steps to prevent hazing. For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill.
AB 311 Santiago D California Food Assistance Program: eligibility and benefits.
Status: 7/14/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was HUM. S. on 6/14/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 18930 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.
Summary:
Existing federal law provides for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), known in California as CalFresh, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish a food assistance program, known as the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), to provide assistance to a noncitizen of the United States if the person’s immigration status meets the eligibility criteria of SNAP in effect on August 21, 1996, but the person is not eligible for SNAP benefits solely due to their immigration status, as specified. Existing law also makes eligible for the program an applicant who is otherwise eligible for the program, but who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996, if the applicant is sponsored and the applicant meets one of a list of criteria, including that the applicant, after entry into the United States, is a victim of the sponsor or the spouse of the sponsor if the spouse is living with the sponsor. Existing law, to become operative on the date that the department notifies the Legislature that the Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) has been updated to perform the necessary automation, and subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, makes an individual 55 years of age or older eligible for the program if the individual’s immigration status is the sole basis for their ineligibility for CalFresh benefits. This bill would remove that age limitation and make any individual eligible for the program if the individual’s immigration status is the sole basis for their ineligibility for CalFresh benefits. By extending eligibility for CFAP, which is administered by the counties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 320 Lee D Student Aid Commission.
Status: 7/14/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was ED. on 5/10/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Sections 69510, 69511, and 69511.5 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. Existing law requires the commission to include 2 members, appointed by the Governor, who are students enrolled in a California postsecondary educational institution. This bill would instead require the commission to include 4 student members, one from each of the following: the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and a California private postsecondary educational institution.
AB 358 Addis D Community college districts: student housing.
Chaptered: 7/21/2023
Status: 7/21/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 81050.5 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 4454.5 of the Government Code, relating to housing.
Summary:
The Field Act requires the Department of General Services to supervise the design and construction of any school building, including both school district and community college district buildings, or, if the estimated cost exceeds $100,000, the reconstruction or alteration of, or addition to, any school building, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the act and with relevant building standards, and to ensure that the work of construction has been performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. Existing law requires the Department of General Services, for purposes relating to access and use by persons with disabilities, to issue a written approval of the plans and specifications of certain buildings and facilities, as provided. Existing law defines “school building” for these purposes, and excludes from that definition any building that serves or is intended to serve as residential housing for school district and community college district teachers and employees, and their families.This bill would additionally exclude from these requirements any building used as a residence for students attending a campus of a community college district, except upon a request by the community college district, as specified.
AB 395 Reyes D California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/3/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Watch
Laws: An act to add Section 88923 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program under the administration of the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and requires the chancellor’s office to distribute grants, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to community colleges that satisfy certain requirements, including, among other requirements, integration of existing student-success programs and development of clearly structured, coherent guided pathways programs, as defined. This bill, on or before August 1, 2024, and on or before August 1 of every even-numbered year thereafter, would require each community college to develop an educational plan, as provided, to provide a detailed sequence of courses for each degree, certificate, diploma, or license, or any other form of transfer to a postsecondary educational institution, offered by the community college and ensure that the community college offers the courses required for a degree, certificate, diploma, or license, or any other pathway of transfer to a postsecondary educational institution, in a consistent manner to ensure students can plan their academic futures. The bill, on or before June 1, 2025, and on or before June 1 of every even-numbered year thereafter, would require the chancellor’s office to submit a report to the Director of Finance and the Legislature, based on the educational plans received from community colleges, as specified, that includes a summary of the educational plans and related information, as provided. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
AB 456 Maienschein D Public postsecondary education: campus mental health hotlines.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/19/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 66027.8 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
Summary:
(1)Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California under the administration of the Regents of the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law authorizes each campus of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the University of California to establish a campus mental health hotline for students to access mental health services remotely. This bill would instead require each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges without a campus mental health hotline, and would request the University of California, to establish a campus mental health hotline for students to access mental health services remotely that operates during working hours, as provided. The bill would authorize a campus to utilize text hotlines or online messaging platforms offered by the campus if a verbal hotline cannot be established. The bill would require a campus mental health hotline to direct a student to specified persons, including, among others, to a licensed mental health therapist. The bill would, outside of working hours, authorize a campus mental health hotline to direct a caller to specified services and phone numbers, including, among others, to 911. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 461 Ramos D Student safety: fentanyl test strips.
Chaptered: 10/8/2023
Status: 10/8/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 67384 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
Summary:
Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University, in collaboration with campus-based and community-based recovery advocacy organizations, to provide, as part of established campus orientations, educational and preventive information provided by the State Department of Public Health about opioid overdose and the use and location of opioid overdose reversal medication to students at all campuses of their respective segments. Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University to require that each campus health center apply to use the statewide standing order issued by the State Public Health Officer to distribute dosages of a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication, and apply to participate in the Naloxone Distribution Project administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires a campus health center, upon approval for use of the statewide standing order and participation in the Naloxone Distribution Project, to distribute a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication, as specified. Existing law requests that the Regents of the University of California comply with these requirements.This bill would require the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University to provide information about the use and location of fentanyl test strips as part of established campus orientations and to notify students of the presence and location of fentanyl test strips. The bill would require the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University to require that each campus health center stock and distribute fentanyl test strips, as specified. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would constitute a state-mandated local program. The bill would request that the Regents of the University of California comply with these requirements. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 472 Wicks D Classified school district and community college employees: compulsory leaves of absence: compensation.
Chaptered: 10/7/2023
Status: 10/7/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 331, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Sections 45190 and 88190 of the Education Code, relating to classified employees.
Summary:
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications, and requires the governing board of a community college district to employ persons for positions that are not academic. For those employees, known as the classified service, existing law authorizes those governing boards to grant leaves of absence and vacations with or without pay.This bill would explicitly provide that the above-referenced authority of the governing boards of school districts and community college districts, to grant leaves of absence and vacations with or without pay, applies to voluntary leaves of absence and vacations. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 506 Fong, Mike D California State University: graduation requirement: ethnic studies.
Status: 9/1/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/14/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Watch
Laws: An act to add Section 89032.5 to the Education Code, relating to the California State University.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California State University and its various campuses under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University. Existing law requires the California State University to provide for courses in ethnic studies at each of its campuses. Existing law, commencing with students graduating in the 2024–25 academic year, requires the California State University to require, as an undergraduate graduation requirement, the completion of, at minimum, one 3-unit course in ethnic studies. This bill would require the California State University to collaborate with the Academic Senate of the California State University, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the California State University Council on Ethnic Studies to ensure the development of a process, on or before December 31, 2024, for eligible community college ethnic studies courses to meet the requirements of a California State University ethnic studies course provided pursuant to these provisions for students who transfer to the California State University from California Community Colleges. The bill would require the California State University Council on Ethnic Studies to make the final decision on whether a community college course satisfies the California State University requirements for ethnic studies. The bill would provide that a community college course that has been approved for the California State University ethnic studies requirements as of December 1, 2023, no longer satisfies those requirements on and after August 1, 2025, unless the course is approved under the process developed pursuant to this bill, except that the bill, notwithstanding that provision, would prohibit requiring students who have successfully completed an approved community college ethnic studies course before August 1, 2025, from taking another course to meet the California State University requirements for ethnic studies.
AB 607 Kalra D Public postsecondary education: course materials.
Chaptered: 10/10/2023
Status: 10/10/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 660, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 66406.9 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
Summary:
Existing law requires each campus of the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and requests each campus of the University of California, to clearly highlight the courses that exclusively use digital course materials, as specified, and clearly communicate to students that the course materials for these courses are free of charge and therefore not required to be purchased. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2024, require each campus of the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and request each campus of the University of California, to prominently display the estimated costs for each course of all required course materials and fees directly related to those materials, for no less than an annually increasing percentage, up to 75% by January 1, 2028, of the total number of courses on the online campus course schedule for which a faculty member or course instructor has been assigned. The bill would define, for purposes of this requirement, “course materials” to include digital or physical textbooks, devices such as calculators and remote attendance platforms, and software subscriptions. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 610 Holden D Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program: free youth transit passes.
Status: 9/14/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to add and repeal Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 99100) of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to transportation.
Summary:
Existing law declares that the fostering, continuance, and development of public transportation systems are a matter of state concern. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to administer various programs and allocates moneys for various public transportation purposes. Upon the appropriation of moneys by the Legislature, this bill would create the Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program, administered by the department, for purposes of awarding grants to transit agencies for the costs of creating, designing, developing, advertising, distributing, and implementing free youth transit passes to persons attending certain educational institutions, providing free transit service to holders of those passes, and administering and participating in the program, as specified. The bill would authorize a transit agency to submit a grant application in partnership with one or more educational institutions and would also authorize grant funds to be used to maintain, subsidize, or expand an existing fare-free program, as provided. The bill would authorize a transit agency with an existing fare-free program that enables a person 18 years of age or younger to use a transit agency’s bus and rail services without paying any additional fare or charge to submit an application without an educational institution partner, as provided. The bill would require the department to submit a report to specified committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, on, among other things, the outcomes of the program and the funding conditions associated with offering free youth transit passes, the status of transit pass programs statewide, and whether these provisions led to reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases and vehicle miles traveled, as provided. The bill would repeal its provisions as of January 1, 2028. This bill contains other existing laws.
AB 634 Ward D Community colleges: career development and college preparation courses.
Chaptered: 10/8/2023
Status: 10/8/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 450, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 84760.5 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
Summary:
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 makes specified community college career development and college preparation courses and classes for which credit is not given, and that are offered in a sequence of courses leading to certain outcomes, eligible for state funding.This bill would instead make the same courses and classes for which credit is not given eligible for state funding if those courses are offered in both face-to-face and distance education instructional methods.
AB 654 Cervantes D University of California: ethnic studies.
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was HIGHER ED. on 3/2/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Watch
Laws: An act to add Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 92652) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California.
Summary:
The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. These provisions grant the regents all the powers necessary or convenient for the effective administration of its trust. This bill would request the University of California to establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.
AB 680 Rubio, Blanca D Public postsecondary education: nonresident tuition: exemption.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/3/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
Summary:
Existing law exempts a student, other than a person excluded from the term “immigrant,” as defined, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges if, among other conditions, the student has a total of 3 or more years of full-time attendance in certain California schools or attainment of equivalent credits earned while in those schools, as specified, or the student completes 3 or more years of full-time high school coursework in California and a total of 3 or more years of attendance in California elementary schools and California secondary schools. This bill would authorize, as an alternative to the above-referenced 3 or more years exemption conditions, either (1) completion of 60 semester units of credit or 90 quarter units of credit at a campus or campuses of the California Community Colleges, or (2) attainment of an associate degree for transfer. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 760 Wilson D Public postsecondary education: affirmed name and gender identification.
Chaptered: 9/23/2023
Status: 9/23/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 222, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Sections 66271.4 and 66271.41 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
Summary:
(1)The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The Equity in Higher Education Act requires, as provided, a campus of the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges to update a former student’s records to include an updated legal name or gender if the institution receives government-issued documentation from a former student demonstrating that the former student’s legal name or gender has been changed. Commencing with the 2023–24 graduating class, existing law prohibits an institution from requiring a graduating student to provide legal documentation sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change in order to have the student’s chosen name listed on the student’s diploma.This bill, commencing with the 2023–24 graduating class, instead would prohibit an institution from requiring a graduating student to provide legal documentation sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change in order to have the student’s chosen name be the sole name listed on the student’s diploma. The bill would authorize an institution to use a student’s gender or legal name as indicated in a government-issued identification document only if it is necessary to meet a legally mandated obligation, but would otherwise require the institution to identify the student in accordance with the student’s gender identity and affirmed name, as provided. To the extent that this requirement would impose a new duty on community colleges, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 789 Berman D Student financial aid: Cal Grants: satisfactory academic progress.
Chaptered: 10/8/2023
Status: 10/8/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 544, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 69432.7 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.
Summary:
Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Existing law establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. For a student to qualify for a Cal Grant award, existing law requires that the student, among other things, make satisfactory academic progress at a qualifying institution. Existing law defines “satisfactory academic progress” as those criteria required by applicable federal standards published in Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt regulations defining “satisfactory academic progress” in a manner that is consistent with the federal standards.This bill would require, as part of the criteria to be a qualifying institution under the Cal Grant Program, an institution, by the start of the 2024–25 academic year, to comply with various requirements regarding “satisfactory academic progress” standards used to determine if a student qualifies for a Cal Grant and to develop and implement policies defining “satisfactory academic progress” in a manner that is consistent with the federal standards. The bill would delete the commission’s authorization to adopt regulations defining “satisfactory academic progress.”
AB 800 Ortega D Workplace Readiness Week: work permits.
Chaptered: 9/30/2023
Status: 9/30/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Section 49110.5 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.
Summary:
Existing law deems the month of May to be Labor History Month throughout the public schools, and encourages school districts to commemorate that month with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the role the labor movement has played in shaping California and the United States. This bill would require the week of each year that includes April 28 to be known as “Workplace Readiness Week.” The bill would require all public high schools, including charter schools, to annually observe that week by providing information to pupils on their rights as workers, and would specify the topics to be covered. The bill would require the observances to be integrated into the regular school program in grades 11 and 12, consistent with the history-social science framework. By imposing additional duties on public school officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually send a written notice to every public high school, including charter schools, with certain information relating to Workplace Readiness Week, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 811 Fong, Mike D Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012: repeating credit courses.
Vetoed: 10/8/2023
Status: 10/8/2023-Vetoed by Governor.
Position Co-Sponsor
Laws: An act to add Section 78213.3 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law creates 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 authorizes community college districts throughout the state to provide instruction at the campuses they operate.This bill would require the governing board of each community college district to establish policies for the repetition of credit courses offered by the community colleges in the district. The bill would require these policies to include, but not be limited to, authorization for a student to repeat, up to, but not exceeding, 2 times, a credit course in arts, humanities, kinesiology, foreign languages, and English as a second language, for which the student previously received a satisfactory grade and which the student is retaking for enrichment or skill-building purposes, and a requirement that the community college inform a student whether the decision to repeat those credit courses will impact the student’s federal financial aid qualifications, as provided. The bill would also require the policies to provide priority registration for credit courses to students who require the course for their intended major and to students who have not taken the course. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Governor's Message: To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 811 without my signature. This bill authorizes a student to repeat, up to two times, a credit course at a California Community College in arts, humanities, kinesiology, foreign languages, and English as a second language, if the student previously received a satisfactory grade and is taking the course for enrichment or skill-building purposes. In recent years, the California Community Colleges (CCC) have been intently focused on improving student success, reducing excess course units and improving transfer rates. While one of the main goals of this bill is help increase enrollment at the CCC, it also creates a fiscal incentive for community colleges to encourage repeating certain credit courses contrary to the Vision for Success, the Roadmap for the California Community Colleges and key legislative efforts, such as AB 705 (Irwin, 2017). My Administration continues to be committed to working with the Legislature, the CCC and stakeholders to find other ways to increase enrollment at the CCC. But this bill moves us away from our shared, stated goals. For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill. Sincerely, Gavin Newsom
AB 817 Pacheco D Open meetings: teleconferencing: subsidiary body.
Status: 5/5/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(3). (Last location was L. GOV. on 3/16/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Section 54953.05 to the Government Code, relating to local government.
Summary:
Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires, with specified exceptions, each legislative body of a local agency to provide notice of the time and place for its regular meetings and an agenda containing a brief general description of each item of business to be transacted. The act also requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public, and that all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized. The act generally requires for teleconferencing that the legislative body of a local agency that elects to use teleconferencing post agendas at all teleconference locations, identify each teleconference location in the notice and agenda of the meeting or proceeding, and have each teleconference location be accessible to the public. Existing law also requires that, during the teleconference, at least a quorum of the members of the legislative body participate from locations within the boundaries of the territory over which the local agency exercises jurisdiction. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes the legislative body of a local agency to use alternative teleconferencing in certain circumstances related to the particular member if at least a quorum of its members participate from a singular physical location that is open to the public and situated within the agency’s jurisdiction and other requirements are met, including restrictions on remote participation by a member of the legislative body. This bill would authorize a subsidiary body, as defined, to use alternative teleconferencing provisions similar to the emergency provisions indefinitely and without regard to a state of emergency. In order to use teleconferencing pursuant to this act, the bill would require the legislative body that established the subsidiary body by charter, ordinance, resolution, or other formal action to make specified findings by majority vote, before the subsidiary body uses teleconferencing for the first time and every 12 months thereafter. This bill contains other existing laws.
AB 1096 Fong, Mike D Educational instruction: language of instruction.
Chaptered: 10/8/2023
Status: 10/8/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 559, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 30 of the Education Code, relating to educational instruction.
Summary:
Existing law requires English to be the basic language of instruction in all schools and authorizes the governing board of a school district or community college district, and any private school to determine when and under what circumstances instruction may be given bilingually. Existing law declares that it is the policy of the state to ensure the mastery of English by all pupils in schools, as provided.This bill would authorize a community college to offer courses taught in languages other than English without requiring students who enroll in those courses to concurrently enroll in an English as a Second Language (ESL) course.
AB 1142 Fong, Mike D Postsecondary education: Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education in California.
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was HIGHER ED. on 3/2/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Watch
Laws: An act to add Article 2.3 (commencing with Section 66010.8) to Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that budget and policy decisions regarding postsecondary education generally adhere to 3 specified goals and that appropriate metrics be identified, defined, and formally adopted to monitor progress toward the achievement of the goals. Existing law establishes the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) as the statewide postsecondary education coordinating and planning agency, and provides for its functions and responsibilities. Existing law also provides for the composition of CPEC’s membership. The annual state Budget Acts from the 2011–12 fiscal year to the 2021–22 fiscal year, inclusive, have provided no funding for CPEC. This bill would establish the Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education in California, composed of 5 public members with experience in postsecondary education, appointed as specified, as the statewide postsecondary education oversight, coordination, and planning entity. The bill would require the commission to develop and publish an independent annual report on the condition of higher education in California, as provided. The bill would establish other functions and responsibilities of the commission, which would include specified advisory duties and exercising the powers, duties, and functions of a statewide postsecondary education oversight, coordination, and planning entity in issues relating to all postsecondary educational institutions. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 1163 Rivas, Luz D Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Disparities Reduction Act.
Chaptered: 10/13/2023
Status: 10/13/2023-Signed by the Governor
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 8310.8 of the Government Code, relating to data collection.
Summary:
Existing law, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Disparities Reduction Act, requires prescribed state entities, including the State Department of Health Care Services and the Civil Rights Department, in the course of collecting demographic data directly or by contract as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians, to collect voluntary self-identification information pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity, except as specified. Existing law prohibits these state entities from reporting demographic data that would permit identification of individuals or would result in statistical unreliability and limits the state entities’ use of the information provided, as specified. Existing law requires the state entities to report to the Legislature specified information related to the data and make the data available to the public, except for personally identifiable information. Existing law deems personally identifiable information confidential and prohibits disclosure of that information.This bill would add intersexuality to the voluntary self-identification information to be collected, would apply these provisions to additional state entities, and would require these state entities to comply with these provisions as early as possible following January 1, 2025, but no later than July 1, 2026. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 1166 Bains D Liability for opioid antagonist administration.
Chaptered: 7/21/2023
Status: 7/21/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 97, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Section 1799.113 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency response.
Summary:
Existing law provides that a person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency is not liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.This bill would provide that a person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency treatment at the scene of an opioid overdose or suspected opioid overdose by administering an opioid antagonist, as defined, is not liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission, except as specified. The bill would also provide that a person who furnishes an opioid antagonist for use at the scene of an opioid overdose or suspected opioid overdose is not liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission, except as specified.
AB 1190 Irwin D Community colleges: part-time faculty: office hours.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/3/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Co-Sponsor
Laws: An act to amend Section 87482.3 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state. Existing law authorizes these districts to establish compensation levels for academic employees, as provided. Existing law requires community college districts, as a condition of receiving funding allocated for the Student Success and Support Program, to negotiate in good faith with the exclusive representatives for part-time, temporary faculty, the terms of reemployment preference for part-time, temporary faculty assignments based on minimum standards up to the range of 60% to 67% of a full-time equivalent load and a regular evaluation process for part-time, temporary faculty, as specified. This bill would require community college districts, as a condition of receiving funds allocated for the Student Success and Support Program, to commence negotiating the terms of compensation for office hours for part-time employees, as specified, and the terms governing reemployment preferences and evaluation processes, no later than the expiration of any negotiated agreement in effect on January 1, 2024, and for any community college district that does not have a collective bargaining agreement in effect as of January 1, 2024, on January 1, 2024.
AB 1248 Bryan D Local redistricting: independent redistricting commissions.
Vetoed: 10/7/2023
Status: 10/7/2023-Vetoed by Governor.
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Section 8545.7 to the Government Code, and to amend Sections 23000, 23001, 23003, and 23004 of, and to add Sections 23000.5, 23001.5, 23003.5, 23005, and 23006 to, the Elections Code, relating to elections.
Summary:
Existing law generally requires county boards of supervisors, city councils, and the governing boards of school districts, community college districts, and other special districts, if those bodies are elected using district-based elections, to adopt new boundaries for the districts following each federal decennial census. Notwithstanding that requirement, existing law authorizes a local jurisdiction other than a charter city to establish an independent redistricting commission to adopt new boundaries for the local jurisdiction’s districts.This bill would require a county, general law city, charter city, or charter city and county that contains over 300,000 residents, and a school district or community college district that contains over 500,000 residents, to establish an independent redistricting commission to adopt district boundaries after each federal decennial census. The bill would require a county, general law city, charter city, or charter city or county with over 300,000 residents, and a school district or community college district with over 500,000 residents, that does not enact an ordinance, resolution, or charter amendment establishing an independent redistricting commission by January 1, 2030, and January 1 of every subsequent year ending in 0, to establish a 14-member independent redistricting commission according to specified procedures, including procedures for the random selection of the members of the commission from among applicants meeting certain qualifications. By requiring certain local jurisdictions to establish independent redistricting commissions to adopt district boundaries, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
Governor's Message: To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 1248 without my signature. This bill requires a city or county with more than 300,000 residents, or a school district or community college district with more than 500,000 residents, to establish an independent redistricting commission. While I share the author's goal of ensuring community control over the redistricting process, this bill creates a state-reimbursable mandate in the tens of millions and should therefore be considered in the annual budget process. In partnership with the Legislature, we enacted a budget that closed a shortfall of more than $30 billion through balanced solutions that avoided deep program cuts and protected education, health care, climate, public safety, and social service programs that are relied on by millions of Californians. This year, however , the Legislature sent me bills outside of this budget process that, if all enacted , would add nearly $19 billion of unaccounted costs in the budget, of which $11 billion would be ongoing. With our state facing continuing economic risk and revenue uncertainty, it is important to remain disciplined when considering bills with significant fiscal implications, such as this measure.
AB 1275 Weber D Health information.
Status: 9/14/2023-Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Position Watch
Laws: An act to add Section 130209.5 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California Health and Human Services Agency, which includes departments charged with the administration of health, social, and other human services. Existing law establishes the Center for Data Insights and Innovation within the California Health and Human Services Agency to ensure the enforcement of state law mandating the confidentiality of medical information. Existing law also establishes the State Department of Health Care Services and requires the department, among other things, to administer the Medi-Cal program. This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the agency, to collect appropriate data and identify indicators for tracking telehealth outcomes associated with impacting individual patient outcomes and overall population health. The bill would require the department to use the data collected to measure health outcomes of populations, as specified. The bill would make a related intent statement.
AB 1524 Lowenthal D Postsecondary education: on-campus access to drug testing devices.
Status: 9/14/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(14). (Last location was INACTIVE FILE on 9/11/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Section 66027.3 to the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in the state. This bill would require the California State University and community college districts to stock an adequate supply of drug testing devices, as defined, available and accessible, free-of-charge, at no fewer than one designated and accessible location on each campus and post a notice on these requirements in a prominent and conspicuous location in all restrooms, as specified. The bill would encourage the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions to implement these provisions. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 1540 Fong, Mike D Postsecondary education: nonresident tuition: exemption.
Chaptered: 10/8/2023
Status: 10/8/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 68130.5 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
Summary:
Existing law exempts a student, except as specified, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges if, among other conditions, the student has a total of 3 or more years of full-time attendance in certain California schools or attainment of equivalent credits earned while in those schools, as specified, or the student completes 3 or more years of full-time high school coursework in California and a total of 3 or more years of attendance in California elementary schools or California secondary schools, and, in the case of a person without lawful immigration status, has filed an affidavit with the institution of higher education stating that the student has filed an application to legalize the student’s immigration status, or will file an application as soon as the student is eligible to do so.This bill would require the California State University and California Community Colleges, and request the University of California and independent institutions of higher education, to accept an affidavit provided to the Student Aid Commission as part of the student’s financial aid application for purposes of the affidavit requirement described above, as specified. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 1541 Fong, Mike D Community colleges: governing board membership: student members.
Chaptered: 7/21/2023
Status: 7/21/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 72023.5 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district to order the inclusion within the membership of the governing board of one or more nonvoting students, who are enrolled in a community college of the district, and chosen by students enrolled in the community colleges of the district, in accordance with procedures prescribed by the governing board.This bill would give each student member of the governing board of a community college district an advisory vote, as specified. This bill would also make conforming changes. By requiring community college districts to revise governing board procedures, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 1542 Fong, Mike D Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges: student members: Student Success Completion Grant program awards.
Status: 7/14/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was ED. on 5/24/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Sections 71004 and 88931 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. The board of governors consists of 18 voting members, including 2 voting student members appointed by the Governor. Existing law requires that members of the board receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses while on official business and that each member also receive $100 for each day the member is attending to official business. The campuses of the California Community Colleges administer the Community Colleges Student Success Completion Grant program which requires, for a student to qualify to receive a grant award, that the student receive a Cal Grant B or C award, make satisfactory academic progress, and be a California resident or exempt from paying nonresident tuition. This bill would award Community Colleges Student Success Completion Grant program awards to student members of the board of governors, as specified. To the extent the bill would impose new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 1543 Fong, Mike D Community colleges: student representation fees.
Status: 9/1/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 7/10/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 76060.5 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to exercise general supervision over the California Community Colleges including the authority to adopt rules and regulations necessary and proper to execute the functions expressly authorized by statute. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to authorize the students of a college to organize a student body association. If a student body association has been established at a community college, existing law requires the officials of the community college to collect a $2 student representation fee to be used to provide support for governmental affairs representatives of local or statewide student body organizations. Existing law requires $1 of every $2 fee to be expended to establish and support the operations of a statewide community college student organization, as specified. Existing law requires a community college to provide a student a means to refuse to pay the $2 student representation fee. This bill, commencing with the 2024–25 academic year, would require the other $1 of the $2 student representation fee to be used to establish and support the operations of local student body organizations. The bill, commencing with the 2024–25 academic year, would also require a community college to provide a student a means to refuse to pay either $1 portion of the $2 student representation fee. This bill contains other existing laws.
AB 1630 Garcia D Planning and zoning: housing development approvals: student housing projects.
Status: 4/28/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(2). (Last location was H. & C.D. on 3/9/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Section 65914.8 to the Government Code, relating to land use.
Summary:
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, authorizes the legislative body of any county or city, pursuant to specified procedures, to adopt ordinances that, among other things, regulate the use of buildings, structures, and land as between industry, business, residences, open space, and other purposes. Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes a development proponent to submit an application for a multifamily housing development that is subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, as provided, and not subject to a conditional use permit, if the development satisfies specified objective planning standards, including, among other things, that the development and the site on which it is located satisfy specified location, urbanization, and zoning requirements. This bill would enact The Student Housing Crisis Act of 2023. The bill would require a city, county, or city and county to classify student and faculty and staff housing as a permitted use on all real property within 1,000 feet of a university campus, as defined, for zoning purposes. The bill would require a proposed student or faculty and staff housing project, as defined, to be considered ministerially, without discretionary review or a hearing, if specified requirements are met, including that a minimum of 20% of the units in the project be rented by students or faculty and staff of the university. The bill would prohibit a local agency from imposing or enforcing on a student or faculty and staff housing project subject to ministerial consideration certain restrictions, including a minimum automobile parking requirement. The bill would require student or faculty and staff housing to have certain recorded deed restrictions, except as provided, that ensure for at least 55 years that, among other things, at least 20% of the units are affordable to lower income households, as defined, except as provided. In connection with an application submitted pursuant to these provisions, the bill would require a city, county, or city and county to take specified actions, including, upon the request of the applicant, provide a list of permits and fees that are required by the city, county, or city and county. By imposing new duties on local jurisdictions, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require a proponent of a student or faculty and staff housing project subject to ministerial consideration to require in contracts with construction contracts and certify to the local government that certain standards will be met in project construction, including that a student or faculty and staff housing project that is not in its entirety a public work, as defined, shall be subject to certain requirements, including to pay all construction workers employed in the executing of the student or faculty and staff housing project at least the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for the type of work and geographic area, as specified. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
AB 1749 McCarty D Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act: University of California.
Status: 9/1/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 8/21/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Watch
Laws: An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 66746, 66747, 66748, 66748.5, and 66749 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
Summary:
Existing law, 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 degree program if they meet certain requirements. The act also requires the California State University to guarantee admission with junior status to a community college student who meets those requirements, and provides that admission to the California State University under these provisions does not guarantee admission for specific majors or campuses. A student admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act is entitled to receive priority over all other community college transfer students, excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the California State University before the fall term of the 2012–13 academic year. This bill would, commencing with the 2025–26 academic year, expand the above provisions of the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act to additionally require that a student who earns an associate degree for transfer be deemed eligible for transfer into a University of California baccalaureate degree program if they meet certain requirements. The bill would require the University of California to guarantee admission with junior status to a community college student, as specified, and would provide that a student admitted to the University of California pursuant to this act is entitled to receive priority over all other community college transfer students, excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the University of California before the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 11 Menjivar D California State University: mental health counseling.
Status: 9/1/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(11). (Last location was APPR. on 7/11/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 89360) to Chapter 3 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the California State University.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education located throughout the state. This bill would require the trustees to comply with various requirements on mental health counseling at CSU, including having one full-time equivalent California-licensed mental health counselor per 1,500 students enrolled at each CSU campus. The bill, contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the CSU Mental Health Professionals Act to provide one-time grants to certain CSU students to become mental health counselors in the state. The bill, contingent upon appropriation by the Legislature, would establish the Mental Health Professionals Fund as the depository of moneys appropriated or otherwise received for the program, and upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the Department of Health Care Access and Information to disburse moneys in the fund under the act. The bill would define “mental health counselor” for purposes of these provisions.
SB 28 Glazer D Education finance: school facilities: Public Preschool, K–12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2024.
Status: 9/1/2023-September 1 hearing postponed by committee.
Position Watch
Laws: An act to amend Sections 14503, 15102, 15106, 15268, 15270, 17070.15, 17070.43, 17070.51, 17070.65, 17071.10, 17071.25, 17071.75, 17072.30, 17072.35, 17073.15, 17073.25, 17074.10, 17074.16, 17074.25, 17075.15, 17077.35, 17078.52, 17078.53, 17078.54, 17078.58, 17078.62, and 17219 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 17070.75 of, to add Sections 17070.415, 17070.54, 17070.56, 17070.57, 17070.59, and 17075.20 to, to add Article 10.7 (commencing with Section 17077.60) and Article 11.5 (commencing with Section 17078.40) to Chapter 12.5 of Part 10 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 89800) to Chapter 6 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of, to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 92170) to Chapter 2 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of, to add Part 71 (commencing with Section 101200) to Division 14 of Title 3 of, to repeal Sections 17070.53, 17070.76, 17070.766, 17070.99, 17072.15, 17072.17, 17072.25, 17072.32, 17074.15, 17074.27, and 17078.66 of, and to repeal and add Section 17075.10 of, the Education Code, and to amend Section 39619.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to education finance, by providing the funds necessary therefor through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of the State of California and for the handling and disposition of these funds.
Summary:
Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district or community college district to order an election and submit to the electors of the district the question of whether the bonds of the district shall be issued and sold to raise money for specified purposes. Existing law generally requires, to pass a school bond measure, that either at least 2/3 of the votes cast on the proposition of issuing bonds be in favor of issuing the bonds to pass the measure, or, if certain conditions are met, at least 55% of the votes cast on the proposition of issuing bonds be in favor of issuing the bonds. Existing law prohibits the total amount of bonds issued by a school district or community college district from exceeding 1.25% of the taxable property of the district, as provided. This bill would raise that limit to 2%. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 59 Skinner D Menstrual Product Accessibility Act.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/17/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 24300) to Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to menstrual products.
Summary:
Existing law requires certain public schools, as specified, to stock the school’s restrooms with an adequate supply of free menstrual products, as defined, available and accessible, free of cost, in all women’s restrooms and all-gender restrooms, and in at least one men’s restroom, at all times. Existing law also requires the California State University and each community college district to stock an adequate supply of menstrual products, available and accessible, free of cost, at no fewer than one designated and accessible central location on each campus. This bill would enact the Menstrual Product Accessibility Act, which would require all women’s restrooms, all all-gender restrooms, and at least one men’s restroom in a building owned by the state or in the portion of a building where the state rents or leases office space, a building owned by a local government where a specified state-funded safety net program is administered, or in a hospital that receives state funds, as specified, to be stocked with menstrual products, as defined, available and accessible to employees and the public, free of cost, at all times. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 72 Skinner D Budget Act of 2023.
Status: 1/11/2023-From printer.
Position Watch
Laws: An act making appropriations for the support of the government of the State of California and for several public purposes in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of Article IV of the Constitution of the State of California, relating to the state budget, to take effect immediately, budget bill.
Summary:
This bill would make appropriations for the support of state government for the 2023–24 fiscal year. This bill contains other related provisions.
SB 234 Portantino D Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks.
Chaptered: 10/8/2023
Status: 10/8/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 596, Statutes of 2023.
Position Support
Laws: An act to add Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 11870) to Part 2 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids.
Summary:
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local governmental agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone or another opioid antagonist to first responders and at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. Existing law exempts from civil liability a person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, as provided.This bill would require each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises at all times, and to ensure that at least 2 employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist. The bill would exempt from civil or criminal liability a person who, in good faith, administers naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist by nasal spray or auto-injector on the premises of a stadium, concert venue, or amusement park, other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, except as specified. The bill would exempt from civil or criminal liability a stadium, concert venue, or amusement park, or its employees, or an entity that owns, occupies, or operates a stadium, concert venue, or amusement park, or its employees, for the administration of naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist, or the failure to administer naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist, on the premises of the stadium, concert venue, or amusement park, as provided.
SB 252 Gonzalez D Public retirement systems: fossil fuels: divestment.
Status: 7/14/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was P.E. & R. on 6/8/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Support
Laws: An act to amend Section 16642 of, and to add Section 7513.76 to, the Government Code, relating to public retirement systems.
Summary:
The California Constitution grants the retirement board of a public employee retirement system plenary authority and fiduciary responsibility for investment of moneys and administration of the retirement fund and system. These provisions qualify this grant of powers by reserving to the Legislature the authority to prohibit investments if it is in the public interest and the prohibition satisfies standards of fiduciary care and loyalty required of a retirement board. This bill would prohibit the boards of the Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers’ Retirement System from making new investments or renewing existing investments of public employee retirement funds in a fossil fuel company, as defined. The bill would require the boards to liquidate investments in a fossil fuel company on or before July 1, 2031. The bill would temporarily suspend the above-described liquidation provision upon a good faith determination by the board that certain conditions materially impact normal market mechanisms for pricing assets, as specified, and would make this suspension provision inoperative on January 1, 2035. The bill would provide that it does not require a board to take any action unless the board determines in good faith that the action is consistent with the board’s fiduciary responsibilities established in the California Constitution. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
SB 307 Ashby D Middle Class Scholarship Program: community colleges: current and former foster youth.
Status: 7/14/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(10). (Last location was HIGHER ED. on 6/1/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Watch
Laws: An act to amend Sections 70022, 70022.5, and 70023 of, and to add Section 70023.5 to, the Education Code, relating to student financial aid.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the Middle Class Scholarship Program (MCSP) under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Existing law makes an undergraduate student eligible for a scholarship award under the MCSP if the student is enrolled at the University of California or the California State University, or enrolled in upper division coursework in a community college baccalaureate program, and meets certain eligibility requirements. This bill would extend awards under the MCSP to community college students who are current or former foster youth pursuing transfer to a 4-year postsecondary educational institution, an associate degree, an associate degree for transfer, or a community college career technical education certificate and meet other MCSP requirements, as provided. The bill would require the commission to summarize the provisions of the MCSP that apply to these current or former foster youth and title those provisions as “The Fostering Futures Program” on a page on its internet website.
SB 444 Newman D Community colleges: Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement (MESA) programs.
Chaptered: 10/13/2023
Status: 10/13/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 872, Statutes of 2023.
Position Co-Sponsor
Laws: An act to add Part 52.8 (commencing with Section 88680) to Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.This bill would encourage community college districts to establish and implement Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement (MESA) programs at community colleges that are directed at identifying students affected by social, economic, and educational disadvantages, increasing the number of eligible students served under MESA programs, and increasing student success in transferring and completing baccalaureate degree programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors at four-year higher education institutions, as specified. The bill would require the Board of Governors to adopt regulations for the operation of MESA programs at community colleges that align with the programmatic components of MESA programs. The bill would require the operation of MESA programs and the regulations adopted by the Board of Governors to accomplish certain goals.
SB 467 Portantino D Community colleges: apprenticeship or internship training programs.
Chaptered: 7/13/2023
Status: 7/13/2023-Approved by the Governor. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 73, Statutes of 2023.
Position Sponsor
Laws: An act to amend Section 79149.25 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
Existing law authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to establish internship training programs and actively support apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs in collaboration with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law authorizes a student enrolled in a community college class or classes pursuant to an apprenticeship training program or an internship training program who does not have a social security number to use an individual tax identification number for purposes of any background check required by the class or program.This bill would prohibit a student from being denied admission to a community college apprenticeship or internship training program because the student uses an individual tax identification number for purposes of the background check required by the class or program.
SB 629 Cortese D Community colleges: fee waivers.
Status: 5/19/2023-Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(a)(5). (Last location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/8/2023)(May be acted upon Jan 2024)
Position Watch
Laws: An act to add Section 76303 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Summary:
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 community college districts to charge students an enrollment fee of $46 per unit per semester. This bill would authorize the governing board of a community college district to adopt a policy that uses local unrestricted general funds to provide fee waivers to students with the greatest financial need when other fee waivers are not provided to those students if the community college district complies with certain requirements, including that 100% of its students complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or California Dream Act application, that the community college district has established a fully staffed Basic Needs Center, and that the community college district prepares a fiscal impact statement, including a 3-year projection of the fiscal impact of the fee waiver on the community college district, as specified. The bill would require, on or before October 10, 2024, and annually thereafter, a community college district to certify to the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges that it has complied with all of those requirements, and would require, on or before December 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, the chancellor’s office to verify the information submitted and authorize the governing board of that community college district to adopt a policy that uses local unrestricted general funds to provide fee waivers to students with the greatest financial need. The bill would authorize the governing board of a community college district that receives authorization to use local unrestricted general funds to provide assistance to students for the total cost of attendance, as defined. This bill contains other existing laws.
Total Measures: 53
Total Tracking Forms: 53
