Legislative Bills Report

Legislative Bills Report
View the full list of bills here(Updated as of 3/08/2024)
As the legislative process progresses, we will continue to update this page with the bills that the CFLA has taken a stand on to support, watch or oppose.

AB 1818 (Jackson, D-Moreno Valley)

Title: Public Postsecondary Education:  Homeless Students: Parking
Status: Assembly Higher Education Committee
Position: Oppose

Summary: This bill would require California Community Colleges (CCC) and California State University (CSU) campuses to allow overnight parking by a student attending their campuses if all of the following circumstances apply:

  • The student uses the vehicle as housing
  • The student has a valid parking permit issued by the campus
  • The vehicle is parked in or on a campus-owned and controlled parking lot or parking structure


The bill would prohibit the CCC and CSU campuses from citing or otherwise penalizing a student attending their campuses for using a vehicle as housing if the student has a valid parking permit issued by the campus and the vehicle is parked in or on a campus-owned and controlled parking lot or parking structure.

AB 2193 (Holden, D-Pasadena)

Title:  Hazing: Educational Institutions: Civil Liability: Resources
Status: Assembly Desk
Position: Oppose

Summary: This bill would, beginning January 1, 2025, establish civil liability for an educational institution, which the bill would define as a public or private institution of higher education in the state, if (1) the institution has direct involvement in the hazing practices of the organization, knew or should have known of the hazing practices and failed to take reasonable steps to stop the hazing practices, or unreasonably failed to prevent or discover the hazing practices of the organization, and (2) the organization involved in the hazing is affiliated with the educational institution at the time of the alleged hazing incident.

AB 2277 (Wallis, R-Palm Springs)

Title: Community Colleges: Part-Time Faculty
Status: Assembly Desk
Position: Oppose

Summary: This bill would require community college districts (CCDs), as a condition of receiving funding allocated for the Student Equity and Achievement Program, to increase the maximum amount of instructional hours that a part-time community college faculty member could teach at a community college from the range of 60- 67% of a full-time equivalent load to 80-85%. The bill would require CCDs to commence the negotiation of these terms no later than the expiration of any negotiated agreement in effect on January 1, 2025, and for any CCD that does not have a collective bargaining agreement in effect as of January 1, 2025, upon the effective date of the bill.

SB 895 (Roth, D-Riverside)

Amended: 2/21/2024
Title: Community Colleges: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program

Status: Senate Education Committee
Position: Support

Summary: This bill would also require the California Community College Chancellor’s Office to develop a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program that authorizes select community college districts (CCDs) to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The pilot program, which would sunset on January 1, 2031, would be limited to 15 CCDs statewide and would require the Chancellor’s Office to identify eligible CCDs based on the following criteria:

  • There is equitable access between the northern, central, and southern parts of the state to the pilot program
  • Priority is given to CCDs in underserved nursing areas
  • The community college district has a nationally accredited nursing program


The total number of participants in a pilot program at a CCD would be limited to 25% of the CCD’s associate degree in nursing class size. The bill would also require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program to determine its effectiveness and the need to continue or expand the program.

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