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Legislative Update

View the legislative bills report here. (updated August 13, 2025)

August 15, 2025

Legislature Returns from Summer Recess Next Week

The Legislature will return from its monthlong summer recess on Monday, August 18, 2025, and thus begins the sprint to the end of the first year of the 2025-26 legislative session, where the fate of hundreds of measures will be decided. By September 12, 2025, bills will need to have passed the final two hurdles before being sent to Governor Gavin Newsom for his consideration: passage through the second house Appropriations Committees and concluding floor votes.

Below are the two active bills that ACCCA supports:

Assembly Bill (AB) 648 (Zbur, D-Hollywood) would provide that a community college district (CCD) is not required to comply with the zoning ordinances of a city, county, or city and county, for a university housing development project constructed on property owned or leased by a CCD if the project meets the following requirements:
- The parcel is contained either wholly or partially within a one-half mile radius of a main campus
- The parcel is contained either wholly or partially within a one-half mile radius of a satellite campus that existed before July 1, 2025
AB 1400 (Soria, D-Bakersfield) would require the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to establish a Community College Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program that would authorize 15 CCDs to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree

ACCCA also has an opposed position on the following three active measures:

AB 90 (Jackson, D-Moreno Valley) would require the governing board of each CCD to adopt a plan to offer an overnight parking program and would require the governing board of each CCD to, by December 31, 2026, vote to determine if the colleges within the district will establish an overnight parking program that aligns with the district plan
AB 1028 (Fong, D-Alhambra) would require that the termination of a temporary employee by a CCD governing board comply with the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreement
Senate Bill 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

The Governor will have until October 12, 2025, to sign or veto legislation sent to him at the end of the legislative session. In recent years, Governor Newsom has vetoed numerous bills that would impose costs on the state not accounted for in the Enacted Budget. With the state facing a projected $12 billion shortfall in 2025-26, we anticipate the Governor will continue this cautious approach to new spending.