AB 2523 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Public postsecondary education: governing bodies: biography and contact information.

Summary
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the 25-member Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges under the administration of the 17-member Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the University of California under the administration of the 26-member Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law, the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, generally requires, with specified exceptions for authorized closed sessions, that the meetings of state bodies be open and public and that all persons be permitted to attend. The act also requires internet notice of meetings of state bodies and written notice to parties requesting written notice, and generally requires that the agenda for meetings provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the body on any item of interest to the public that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the body. Existing law requires meetings of the Board of Governors to be open and public, and subjects meetings of the Trustees and Regents to the act, except as provided. This bill would require the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and request the University of California, to post on their respective governing body's internet website the name, email address, telephone number, and mailing address of each member of the governing body, as specified, for conducting official business as a member of the governing body, and a short biography of each member. The bill would also encourage each member of those governing bodies to consider public and stakeholder input provided to the member before voting on a matter at an open meeting of the governing body, as specified.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Aug 2026
Assembly Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Aug 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2026 Last action Aug 24, 2026
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What changed between versions

08/19/26 - Enrolled AB2523 · 1 edit
MINOR
No substantive policy changes occurred between these two versions. The difference is purely presentational: the 'from' version is the formal enrolled bill document (with official signature blocks, page numbers, and chapter heading), while the 'to' version is a web page rendering of the same bill text from the California legislature website. All three sections of the bill - requiring CSU trustees, CCC board members, and UC regents to post biographies and contact information on their governing body websites - are identical in both versions.
TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a formal enrolled bill layout (with signature blocks, page numbers, chapter heading, and governor approval line) into a web page format with navigation menus, version tracking links, and metadata. No legislative language was altered.

Floor votes · Senate Aug 17, 2026 · Assembly May 21, 2026

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Aug 17, 2026
D Democratic30
30 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican10
10 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Aug 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
lower
Aug 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
upper
Jun 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
upper
Jun 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Jun 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on ED.
upper
May 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 2523.)
lower
May 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 13).
lower
Apr 27, 2026
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Apr 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended.
lower
Apr 22, 2026
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21).
lower
Mar 9, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
lower
Feb 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Mike Fong
Mike Fong
DDemocratic
CA
49