CA AB 602

enacted

Public postsecondary education: student behavior: drug and alcohol use: rehabilitation programs.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the public segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the governing board of every community college district to adopt or provide for the adoption of specific rules and regulations governing student behavior and to adopt procedures by which all students are informed of the rules and regulations, with applicable penalties, as provided. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, act to make a provision applicable. Existing federal law requires, as a condition of receiving federal funds or other forms of financial assistance, institutions of higher education to annually distribute to each student and employee standards of conduct that clearly prohibit unlawful possession, use, or distribution of illicit drugs or alcohol, as provided, and a clear statement that the institution will impose sanctions for violations of the standards of conduct. Existing federal law characterizes the completion of an appropriate rehabilitation program as a permissible form of the required sanctions. This bill would require the Regents of the University of California and the Trustees of the California State University, in adopting the above-described rules and regulations, to place in the highest priority the health, safety, and well-being of the campus community. The bill would also require those entities, on or before July 1, 2026, to adopt, or provide for the adoption of, rules and regulations that (1) prohibit students receiving medical treatment for the personal use of drugs or alcohol in violation of the rules and regulations governing student behavior from being subject to disciplinary action for that use of drugs or alcohol if they complete an appropriate rehabilitation program, as defined, and (2) require students who receive medical treatment for the personal use of drugs or alcohol in a manner that violates the rules or regulations of the university to be offered the chance to complete an appropriate rehabilitation program, as provided. The bill would establish that this prohibition on disciplinary action, and the requirement that the university offer an appropriate rehabilitation program, only apply to a student once in an academic semester, quarter, or term, as provided.

Introduced: 2025-03-13
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 159, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-13
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2025-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2025-02-24
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-03-13
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-17
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-03-28
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-05-01
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-05
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 13. Page 1903.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2025-06-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-14
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-07-15
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 2426.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-03
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 12. Page 2916.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-11
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 159, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/13/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-13Compare
03/13/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-13Compare
05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
06/16/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-16Compare
09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 6-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Boerner: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
- Sharp-Collins: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 12-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: other
AB 602 Haney Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 59-13
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Soria: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ta: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gallagher: no
- Tangipa: no
- Davies: no
- Ellis: no
- Flora: no
- Alanis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Patterson: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Dixon: no
- DeMaio: no
- Sanchez: no
- Hoover: other
- Irwin: other
- Chen: other
- Lackey: other
- Bains: other
- Castillo: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-02 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Choi: no
3rd Reading AB602 Haney By Weber Pierson
2025-09-03 · pass · 32-6
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Strickland: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Niello: no
- Grove: no
- Seyarto: no
- Choi: no
- Valladares: other
- Jones: other
AB 602 Haney Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-04 · pass · 60-12
Member-level votes (79)
- Mark González: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Berman: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ta: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Haney: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Patterson: no
- Dixon: no
- Gallagher: no
- Hadwick: no
- Ellis: no
- Alanis: no
- Tangipa: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Davies: no
- Sanchez: no
- Irwin: other
- Chen: other
- Bains: other
- Lackey: other
- Castillo: other
- Flora: other
- Ahrens: other

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