AB 37 is sponsored by Alquist, Blumenfield, Brownley, Chesbro, De Leon, Jones, John A. Perez, Portantino, Salas, DeSaulnier, Eng, Furutani, Hancock, Hayashi, Lieu, Liu, Ma, Monning, Romero, Torrico, Yamada, and Lowenthal, Josh (Democratic).

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California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 37 — Public postsecondary education: honorary degrees.

Last action October 11, 2009 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2009.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 01, 2008. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
22 sponsors

1 primary, 21 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes these educational institutions to award various types of degrees. This bill would require the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and would request the Regents of the University of California, to work with their respective colleges and universities to confer an honorary degree upon each person, living or deceased, who was forced to leave his or her postsecondary studies as a result of federal Executive Order 9066 which caused the incarceration of individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/11/09 - Chaptered Current pdf October 11, 2009
Enrolled 08/25/09 - Enrolled pdf August 25, 2009
Amended 07/08/09 - Amended Senate pdf July 08, 2009
Amended 04/15/09 - Amended Assembly pdf April 15, 2009
Amended 03/25/09 - Amended Assembly pdf March 25, 2009
Amended 03/10/09 - Amended Assembly pdf March 10, 2009
Introduced 12/01/08 - Introduced pdf December 01, 2008
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Action History

October 11, 2009
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 213, Statutes of 2009.
October 11, 2009
Approved by the Governor.
August 31, 2009
Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:15 p.m.
August 20, 2009
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2656.)
August 17, 2009
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
August 17, 2009
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1843.)
July 15, 2009
Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
July 15, 2009
Read second time. To third reading.
July 14, 2009
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
July 08, 2009
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 29, 2009
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
June 10, 2009
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 10).
May 14, 2009
Referred to Com. on ED.
May 04, 2009
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 04, 2009
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1234.)
April 30, 2009
From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
April 27, 2009
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
April 23, 2009
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22).
April 16, 2009
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 15, 2009
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
March 26, 2009
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
March 25, 2009
Read second time and amended.
March 24, 2009
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 17).
March 11, 2009
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
March 10, 2009
(Corrected March 12.)
March 10, 2009
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
March 03, 2009
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
February 05, 2009
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
December 02, 2008
From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
December 01, 2008
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 21 co-sponsors · 100 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Furutani

Not signed on (100)

100 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 37 FURUTANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments

August 20, 2009

Passed 88 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	83	0	0	2
Republican	3	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	1
Total	88	0	0	3
% of votes cast	97%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (91)

Member	Party	Vote
Hagman	—	Yea
Bonnie	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
V.	—	Yea
Manuel	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
John	—	Yea
A.	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Audra	—	Yea
Charles	—	Not Voting
Galgiani	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Bass	—	Yea
Hall	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Torres	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Bill	—	Yea
Tom	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Logue	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Evans	—	Not Voting
Davis	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Yamada	—	Yea
Gilmore	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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Special Consent #14 AB37 Furutani

August 17, 2009

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	33	0	0	5
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	36	0	0	5
% of votes cast	88%	0%	0%	12%

How each member voted (41)

Member	Party	Vote
Yee	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Hollingsworth	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
McLeod	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Negrete	—	Yea
Runner	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Ashburn	—	Yea
Benoit	—	Yea
Cogdill	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Not Voting
Oropeza	—	Not Voting
Romero	—	Not Voting
Ducheny	—	Not Voting
Wiggins	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Aanestad	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Wright	—	Not Voting
Cox	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
Denham	—	Yea
Florez	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

June 10, 2009

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	1
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	8	0	0	1
% of votes cast	89%	0%	0%	11%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Romero	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Maldonado	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea

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AB 37 FURUTANI Assembly Third Reading

May 04, 2009

Passed 92 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	84	0	0	0
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	0
Total	92	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (92)

Member	Party	Vote
Hall	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Coto	—	Yea
Bill	—	Yea
Berryhill	—	Yea
Tom	—	Yea
Berryhill	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Charles	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Hagman	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
La	—	Yea
Torre	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Yea
Gaines	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Yamada	—	Yea
Bonnie	—	Yea
V.	—	Yea
Manuel	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
John	—	Yea
A.	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Saldana	—	Yea
Audra	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Krekorian	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Nava	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Torrico	—	Yea
Tran	—	Yea
Adams	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Bass	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Logue	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Torres	—	Yea
Villines	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
DeVore	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Gilmore	—	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Lowenthal, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea
Niello, Roger W.	Republican	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

April 22, 2009

Passed 21 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	19	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	1
Total	21	0	0	1
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (22)

Member	Party	Vote
Charles	—	Yea
De	—	Yea
Leon	—	Yea
John	—	Yea
A.	—	Yea
Perez	—	Yea
Audra	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Hall	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Duvall	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Torlakson	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

March 17, 2009

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	9	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Galgiani	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Ruskin	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 37 do?: Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes these educational institutions to award various types of degrees. This bill would require the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and would request the Regents of the University of California, to work with their respective colleges and universities to confer an honorary degree upon each person, living or deceased, who was forced to leave his or her postsecondary studies as a result of federal Executive Order 9066 which caused the incarceration of individuals of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
Who sponsors AB 37?: AB 37 is sponsored by Alquist, Blumenfield, Brownley, Chesbro, De Leon, Jones, John A. Perez, Portantino, Salas, DeSaulnier, Eng, Furutani, Hancock, Hayashi, Lieu, Liu, Ma, Monning, Romero, Torrico, Yamada, and Lowenthal, Josh (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 37?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced December 01, 2008. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 37
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2009-2010 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: December 01, 2008
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Furutani

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Summary

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Action History

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (21)

Not signed on (100)

Votes

AB 37 FURUTANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Special Consent #14 AB37 Furutani

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

AB 37 FURUTANI Assembly Third Reading

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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