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View the legislative bills report here. (updated July 17, 2025)
July 25, 2025
Legislative Update
It was a slow week in Sacramento as the Legislature is currently enjoying its summer recess. Last week, we highlighted two key bills that ACCCA has actively engaged on legislatively—Assembly Bill (AB) 90 (Jackson, D-Moreno Valley) and AB 648 (Zbur, D-Los Angeles). Below are some of the other significant measures that cleared the July 18, 2025, second house policy committee deadline:
- AB 695 (Fong, D-Alhambra) is an urgency measure that would provide an exemption from nonresident tuition for community college students who were deported on or after January 1, 2025, and later reenroll in either an online or in-person community college program if the student was previously enrolled and was not paying nonresident tuition at the time of their departure. Additionally, the bill requires the student to provide an attestation with information on the conditions of their departure.
- AB 1028 (Fong) would require that the termination of a temporary employee by a community college district (CCD) governing board comply with the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
- AB 1400 (Soria, D-Merced) would require the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to establish a Community College Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program that would authorize up to 15 CCDs to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
- Senate Bill (SB) 494 (Cortese, D-San Jose) would authorize a permanent classified employee of a CCD or K-12 school district to appeal disciplinary action to a contracted administrative law judge, paid and selected jointly by the district and the employee or their employee organization.
- SB 638 (Padilla, D-San Diego) would establish the California Education and Workforce Development Coordinating Entity within the Government Operations Agency to serve as the statewide planning and coordinating body for career technical education, career pathways, and workforce development.
All of these bills will be heard in the second house Appropriations Committee when the Legislature returns from recess.
No Update for the Next Two Weeks
With the Legislature on summer recess, we will be taking a break from our weekly ACCCA Update for the next two weeks. Unless there is breaking news, we will return to our regular production schedule for the week ending August 15, 2025, where we will provide a preview for the final weeks of the 2025 legislative year.
