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CA SB 619

enacted

Public postsecondary education.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 619 pass?

Yes. CA SB 619 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-28. Latest recorded action (2025-07-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 74, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 619 about?

(1) A part of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, known as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires a student who earns an associate degree for transfer to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets certain requirements, including the completion of specified number of units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University, including the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements. Existing law requires the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges to establish a singular lower division general education pathway that meets the academic requirements necessary for transfer admission to both the California State University and the University of California. Existing law, commencing with the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, requires that singular lower division general education pathway to be the only lower division general education pathway used to determine academic eligibility and sufficient academic preparation for transfer into the California State University and the University of California, as specified. Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by resolution, to make them applicable. This bill would require, for purposes of the above-described eligibility requirement for transfer to a California State University baccalaureate program, a student to complete the California General Education Transfer Curriculum, established pursuant to the above requirements, commencing in the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, instead of the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements. The bill would deem a student who is placed on the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements before the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year and completes the pattern with appropriate certification to have met that requirement. The bill would also make conforming changes by replacing references to the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements with a reference to the California General Education Transfer Curriculum. (2) Existing law requires funds appropriated to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for the Foster Care Education Program to be used for foster parent and relative/kinship care provider education, as specified. This bill would rename the program the Foster and Kinship Care Education Program and would instead require funds appropriated for the program to be used for education for resource families, as defined.

Who sponsors CA SB 619?

Committee on Education is the primary sponsor of CA SB 619.

Description

(1) A part of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, known as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires a student who earns an associate degree for transfer to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets certain requirements, including the completion of specified number of units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University, including the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements. Existing law requires the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges to establish a singular lower division general education pathway that meets the academic requirements necessary for transfer admission to both the California State University and the University of California. Existing law, commencing with the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, requires that singular lower division general education pathway to be the only lower division general education pathway used to determine academic eligibility and sufficient academic preparation for transfer into the California State University and the University of California, as specified. Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by resolution, to make them applicable. This bill would require, for purposes of the above-described eligibility requirement for transfer to a California State University baccalaureate program, a student to complete the California General Education Transfer Curriculum, established pursuant to the above requirements, commencing in the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, instead of the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements. The bill would deem a student who is placed on the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements before the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year and completes the pattern with appropriate certification to have met that requirement. The bill would also make conforming changes by replacing references to the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements with a reference to the California General Education Transfer Curriculum. (2) Existing law requires funds appropriated to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for the Foster Care Education Program to be used for foster parent and relative/kinship care provider education, as specified. This bill would rename the program the Foster and Kinship Care Education Program and would instead require funds appropriated for the program to be used for education for resource families, as defined.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-07-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 74, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Educationauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

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

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  3. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  4. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 9.

  5. 2025-04-01

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  6. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 736.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-10

    Set for hearing April 21.

  8. 2025-04-21

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

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  9. 2025-04-22

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  10. 2025-04-24

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  11. 2025-04-24

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  12. 2025-05-12

    Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

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  13. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  15. 2025-07-03

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  16. 2025-07-10

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2509.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  17. 2025-07-10

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  18. 2025-07-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

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  19. 2025-07-28

    Approved by the Governor.

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  20. 2025-07-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 74, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 04/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-01Compare
  • 07/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-11Compare
  • 07/28/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-28Compare
  • SB619Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-09 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Consent Calendar 2nd SB619 ED.

    2025-04-24 · pass · 37-0

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

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 10-0

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

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-07-02 · pass · 14-0

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

  • SB 619 Education Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-07-10 · pass · 72-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Flora: other
    • Gipson: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Carrillo: other
    • Rivas: other

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