CA AB 1713
enactedPublic postsecondary education: students with disabilities: verification: academic accommodations.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 1713 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1713 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 891, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1713 about?
Existing law provides for various programs and services for students with disabilities in public postsecondary education. Existing law requires the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and authorizes the University of California, with respect to services provided for disabled students, to, at a minimum, conform to the level and quality of services provided by the Department of Rehabilitation to its clients, as provided. If a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California requires verification of a student's disability before providing academic accommodations requested by the student, this bill, commencing September 1, 2027, would require that campus to accept, as verification of the student's disability, an individualized education program and a specified plan issued by a school district, county office of education, or charter school, and an individual program plan issued by a regional center that contracts with the State Department of Developmental Services that documents the student's disability. If a student requests academic accommodations due to a disability, the bill, commencing September 1, 2027, would prohibit a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California from requiring the student to obtain new or additional diagnostic evaluations, as provided, and would authorize the campus to require supplemental information to evaluate the student's request for academic accommodations and to determine the type of reasonable accommodations that are appropriate and best suited for the student's educational needs, as provided.
Who sponsors CA AB 1713?
Ransom is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1713, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law provides for various programs and services for students with disabilities in public postsecondary education. Existing law requires the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and authorizes the University of California, with respect to services provided for disabled students, to, at a minimum, conform to the level and quality of services provided by the Department of Rehabilitation to its clients, as provided. If a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California requires verification of a student's disability before providing academic accommodations requested by the student, this bill, commencing September 1, 2027, would require that campus to accept, as verification of the student's disability, an individualized education program and a specified plan issued by a school district, county office of education, or charter school, and an individual program plan issued by a regional center that contracts with the State Department of Developmental Services that documents the student's disability. If a student requests academic accommodations due to a disability, the bill, commencing September 1, 2027, would prohibit a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California from requiring the student to obtain new or additional diagnostic evaluations, as provided, and would authorize the campus to require supplemental information to evaluate the student's request for academic accommodations and to determine the type of reasonable accommodations that are appropriate and best suited for the student's educational needs, as provided.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-16
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 891, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ransomauthor
- Patelcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 891, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-31
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2026-08-25
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-25
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6461.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-24
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-24
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-07-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-07-01
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-06-16
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-15
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-06-04
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-20
Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2026-05-12
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5003.)
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2026-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
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2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2026-03-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-16
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-02-05
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2026-02-04
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-14 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Muratsuchi: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Patel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
Do pass.
2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Arambula: other
AB 1713 Ransom Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-11 · pass · 72-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Berman: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Davies: yes
- Mark González: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hart: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Patel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Solache: other
- Lowenthal: other
- Gallagher: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Soria: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Arambula: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-03 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Choi: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: other
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