CA AB 7

vetoed

Budget Act of 2024.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

The California Constitution prohibits the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education and their respective institutions of higher education. A provision of the act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, act to make the provision applicable. This bill would state that the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions may consider providing a preference in admissions to an applicant who is a descendant of slavery, as defined, to the extent it does not conflict with federal law.

Introduced: 2025-07-03
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-02
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
2024-12-03
From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.
2025-01-22
From printer.
2025-02-03
Died at Desk.
failure
2025-02-18
Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-30
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 1965.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-18
Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-07-03
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
2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2744.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-09
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 3363.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-13
Vetoed by Governor.
executive-veto
2025-10-13
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
veto-override-failure

Versions

12/02/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-02Compare
01/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-21Compare
07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-22 · pass · 6-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
- Patel: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 8-2
Member-level votes (12)
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Macedo: no
- Sanchez: no
- Dixon: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: other
AB 7 Bryan Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 54-17
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Fong: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Addis: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ward: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Davies: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Ta: no
- Sanchez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: no
- Hadwick: no
- Patterson: no
- Gallagher: no
- Wallis: no
- Castillo: no
- Hoover: no
- Flora: no
- Chen: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Schiavo: other
- Patel: other
- Lackey: other
- Irwin: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Bains: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-07-09 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Laird: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (13)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Valladares: no
- Niello: no
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
Do pass
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading AB7 Bryan et al. By Richardson
2025-09-09 · pass · 30-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Limón: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Niello: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Grove: no
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Seyarto: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
AB 7 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-12 · pass · 55-18
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Chen: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Lackey: other
- Schiavo: other
- Patel: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Flora: other
- Bains: other

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