CA AB 1831
Status unknownCalifornia State University: executive compensation: restrictions.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 1831 pass?
The current status of CA AB 1831 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-08-13): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 1831 about?
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. Existing law requires the trustees to establish and adjust the salaries and classifications of all academic, nonacademic, and administrative positions. This bill would require the trustees, on or before July 1, 2027, to repeal a policy on executive compensation adopted at the November 2025 meeting of the trustees and adopt a new policy on executive compensation, as provided. The bill would prohibit the trustees, for any fiscal year in which the trustees authorize an increase in student tuition, from increasing the compensation of a chancellor, vice chancellor, or executive president. The bill would also prohibit the trustees, for any fiscal year in which the trustees do not authorize salary increases for represented staff, from increasing the compensation of a chancellor, vice chancellor, executive president, or member of the management personnel plan staff.
Who sponsors CA AB 1831?
Ahrens is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1831, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
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. Existing law requires the trustees to establish and adjust the salaries and classifications of all academic, nonacademic, and administrative positions. This bill would require the trustees, on or before July 1, 2027, to repeal a policy on executive compensation adopted at the November 2025 meeting of the trustees and adopt a new policy on executive compensation, as provided. The bill would prohibit the trustees, for any fiscal year in which the trustees authorize an increase in student tuition, from increasing the compensation of a chancellor, vice chancellor, or executive president. The bill would also prohibit the trustees, for any fiscal year in which the trustees do not authorize salary increases for represented staff, from increasing the compensation of a chancellor, vice chancellor, executive president, or member of the management personnel plan staff.
- Introduced
- 2026-05-14
- Latest action
- 2026-08-13 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ahrensauthor
- Addiscoauthor
- Ortegacoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-13
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-04
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.)
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2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5363.)
2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2026-04-15
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-03-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-02-23
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2026-02-12
From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2026-02-11
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-17 · pass · 8-1
Member-level votes (10)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Fong: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Patel: other
Do pass as amended.
2026-05-14 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: other
- Ta: other
- Dixon: other
AB 1831 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 72-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Chen: yes
- Papan: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Hadwick: other
- Dixon: other
- Patel: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Gabriel: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Ta: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-24 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Choi: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cabaldon: no
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