CA SB 308
enactedCommunity colleges: audits: reports.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did CA SB 308 pass?
Yes. CA SB 308 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 644, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 308 about?
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt criteria and standards for periodic assessment of the fiscal condition of community college districts. In so doing, existing law requires the board of governors to develop, by regulation, appropriate procedures and actions for community college districts that fail to achieve fiscal stability or that fail to comply with the board of governors' recommendations, and to report to the chairs of the educational policy and fiscal committees of both houses of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Governor, related corrective actions taken by the community college district and related actions taken against the community college district. This bill would instead require the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to report the above-described information, as needed, and to additionally report the information to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Beginning in the 2027–28 fiscal year, the bill would also require any information reported to be included with the below-described report related to community college district audits. Existing law requires the board of governors to annually submit a report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on the number and nature of audit exceptions and estimated amount of funds involved in the exceptions, a list of community college districts that failed to file their audits under existing law, and the actions taken by the State Department of Education to eliminate audit exceptions and comply with management improvement recommendations. This bill would revise the contents of the report to instead include actions taken by the chancellor's office to eliminate audit exceptions and comply with management improvement recommendations. The bill would instead require the chancellor's office to report that information, and to additionally report that information to the educational policy and fiscal committees of both houses of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Governor. Beginning in the 2027–28 fiscal year, the bill would also require the report to include any of the above-described information related to corrective actions taken by, and actions taken against, a community college district.
Who sponsors CA SB 308?
Seyarto is the primary sponsor of CA SB 308, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt criteria and standards for periodic assessment of the fiscal condition of community college districts. In so doing, existing law requires the board of governors to develop, by regulation, appropriate procedures and actions for community college districts that fail to achieve fiscal stability or that fail to comply with the board of governors' recommendations, and to report to the chairs of the educational policy and fiscal committees of both houses of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Governor, related corrective actions taken by the community college district and related actions taken against the community college district. This bill would instead require the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to report the above-described information, as needed, and to additionally report the information to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. Beginning in the 2027–28 fiscal year, the bill would also require any information reported to be included with the below-described report related to community college district audits. Existing law requires the board of governors to annually submit a report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on the number and nature of audit exceptions and estimated amount of funds involved in the exceptions, a list of community college districts that failed to file their audits under existing law, and the actions taken by the State Department of Education to eliminate audit exceptions and comply with management improvement recommendations. This bill would revise the contents of the report to instead include actions taken by the chancellor's office to eliminate audit exceptions and comply with management improvement recommendations. The bill would instead require the chancellor's office to report that information, and to additionally report that information to the educational policy and fiscal committees of both houses of the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Governor. Beginning in the 2027–28 fiscal year, the bill would also require the report to include any of the above-described information related to corrective actions taken by, and actions taken against, a community college district.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-10
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 644, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Seyartoauthor
- Rubiocoauthor
- Patelcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 644, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-21
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2026-08-18
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-18
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-18
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5514.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-13
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
2026-08-13
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-13
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6147.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-25
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24).
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2026-06-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-10
Coauthors revised.
2026-05-11
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-04
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-01-26
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-01-26
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3286.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-01-21
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-01-20
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
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2026-01-15
Set for hearing January 20.
2026-01-14
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3224.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-01-06
Set for hearing January 14.
2026-01-05
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-01
April 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-28
Set for hearing April 9.
2025-02-19
Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2025-02-11
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
2025-02-10
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
- 01/05/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-01-05Compare
- 05/11/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-11Compare
- 06/25/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-25Compare
- 08/19/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-19Compare
- 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-01-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd
2026-01-26 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Grayson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Becker: yes
- Jones: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Gonzalez: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-09 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Jackson: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Fong: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Patel: yes
Do pass as amended.
2026-06-24 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Wicks: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ta: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Krell: yes
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