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CA SB 391

enacted

Community colleges: Chancellor of the California Community Colleges: data request fee policy.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 391 pass?

Yes. CA SB 391 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 753, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 391 about?

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges as one segment of public postsecondary education in the state. Under existing law, the board of governors appoints a chief executive officer, who is known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. This bill would authorize the chancellor to implement a data request fee policy for researchers applying for access to individually identifiable data, student data, or both. If a data request fee policy is implemented, the bill would require the policy to be reviewed and approved by the board of governors, revised periodically, made publicly available and posted in a prominent location on the chancellor's internet website, and comply with applicable federal and state privacy laws, as provided. The bill would prohibit fees or charges from being imposed on a state entity, except as provided, on an undergraduate or graduate student seeking data for the student's individual studies, or on a community college faculty member seeking data for the faculty member's individual research.

Who sponsors CA SB 391?

Laird is the primary sponsor of CA SB 391.

Description

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges as one segment of public postsecondary education in the state. Under existing law, the board of governors appoints a chief executive officer, who is known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. This bill would authorize the chancellor to implement a data request fee policy for researchers applying for access to individually identifiable data, student data, or both. If a data request fee policy is implemented, the bill would require the policy to be reviewed and approved by the board of governors, revised periodically, made publicly available and posted in a prominent location on the chancellor's internet website, and comply with applicable federal and state privacy laws, as provided. The bill would prohibit fees or charges from being imposed on a state entity, except as provided, on an undergraduate or graduate student seeking data for the student's individual studies, or on a community college faculty member seeking data for the faculty member's individual research.

Introduced
2025-02-14
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 753, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Lairdauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-18

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.

  3. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on ED.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-19

    Set for hearing April 2.

  5. 2025-04-07

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 633.) (April 2).

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  6. 2025-04-08

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-10

    Set for hearing April 21.

  8. 2025-04-21

    April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  9. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  10. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1198.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  13. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  14. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  15. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

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  16. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24).

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  17. 2025-06-26

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  19. 2025-07-03

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-07-17

    Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-07-17

    Read third time and amended.

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  22. 2025-08-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2767.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  23. 2025-08-28

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  24. 2025-09-02

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2407.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  25. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  26. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  27. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 753, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 04/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-08Compare
  • 06/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-26Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • SB391Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-02 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: other

  • Special Consent

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Limón: other
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-06-24 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • DeMaio: other
    • Muratsuchi: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-07-02 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Mark González: other
    • Dixon: other
    • Ta: other

  • SB 391 Laird Senate Third Reading By Fong

    2025-08-28 · pass · 72-1

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • DeMaio: no
    • Ta: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Berman: other
    • Aguiar-Curry: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Valencia: other

  • Unfinished Business SB391 Laird Concurrence

    2025-09-02 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB391

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