CA SB 1255
enactedPostsecondary education: Designation of California Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1255 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1255 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1023, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1255 about?
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and independent institutions of higher education, as defined, as 4 segments of postsecondary education in the state. This bill, upon appropriation, would establish the Designation of California Hispanic-Serving Institutions to recognize campuses of those segments of postsecondary education that excel at providing academic resources to Latino students. The bill, upon appropriation, would establish a Designation of California Hispanic-Serving Institutions governing board to designate colleges and universities as California Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The bill, upon appropriation, would designate the office of the Chancellor of the California State University as the managing entity and would require it to, among other duties, develop the application processes and to process and present initial and renewal applications to receive this designation to the governing board, as specified, and would make an initial and renewal designation valid for 5 years.
Who sponsors CA SB 1255?
Reyes is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1255, joined by 6 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and independent institutions of higher education, as defined, as 4 segments of postsecondary education in the state. This bill, upon appropriation, would establish the Designation of California Hispanic-Serving Institutions to recognize campuses of those segments of postsecondary education that excel at providing academic resources to Latino students. The bill, upon appropriation, would establish a Designation of California Hispanic-Serving Institutions governing board to designate colleges and universities as California Hispanic-Serving Institutions. The bill, upon appropriation, would designate the office of the Chancellor of the California State University as the managing entity and would require it to, among other duties, develop the application processes and to process and present initial and renewal applications to receive this designation to the governing board, as specified, and would make an initial and renewal designation valid for 5 years.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-19
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1023, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Reyesauthor
- Fongprincipal coauthor
- Gonzalezcoauthor
- Pérezcoauthor
- Umbergcoauthor
- Celeste Rodriguezcoauthor
- Sharp-Collinscoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1023, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-04
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-28
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-24
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-24
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-24
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 6395.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-25
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 23).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-04
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 4494.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4270.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-20
April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-14
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-10
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2026-04-08
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3791.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
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2026-04-06
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-03-23
Set for hearing April 8.
2026-03-04
Referred to Coms. on ED. and G.O.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]
2026-04-08 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Reyes: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Choi: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-04-20 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: other
3rd Reading SB1255 Reyes et al.
2026-05-27 · pass · 31-7
Member-level votes (40)
- Grayson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Grove: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Niello: no
- Valladares: no
- Strickland: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Seyarto: no
- Jones: no
- Choi: other
- Dahle: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 7-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Jackson: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
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