CA AB 500

in committee

University of California: admissions changes.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 500 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 500 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 500 about?

Existing law establishes 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 2 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law states legislative intent for the University of California and California State University governing boards, in determining the standards and criteria for undergraduate and graduate admissions, to develop processes that strive to be fair and easily understandable, consider using criteria allowing eligible students with uncontrollable course deficiencies to enroll, and consult broadly with California's diverse communities, as provided. This bill would request the University of California, before a proposal regarding a change to the conditions for undergraduate admissions is adopted by the regents, to complete certain actions, including, among other actions, providing the proposal to the official student organization representing the student body of the University of California, the State Board of Education, and the trustees for consideration, and would require the state board and trustees to identify the proposal as an item for discussion and discuss the proposal at a meeting of each of these boards, as specified.

Who sponsors CA AB 500?

Quirk-Silva is the primary sponsor of CA AB 500.

Description

Introduced: 2025-04-02
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-08-29
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-25
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2025-06-23
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-06-04
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-05-23
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-23
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1651.)
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2025-05-15
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
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2025-05-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2025-04-03
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2025-04-02
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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2025-02-24
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2025-02-11
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2025-02-10
Read first time. To print.
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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]
2025-04-08 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- DeMaio: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Fong: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Patel: yes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-30 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Castillo: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
Do pass.
2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hart: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ta: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
AB 500 Quirk-Silva Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-23 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (79)
- DeMaio: yes
- Davies: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Solache: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Haney: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Papan: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bains: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Krell: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Nguyen: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Wicks: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-16 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Choi: other
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes

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