AB 714 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: exemptions: commercial driving licenses.

Summary

The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act exempts certain institutions from its provisions, including an institution that does not award degrees and that solely provides educational programs for total charges of $2,500 or less, as provided. This bill would provide that the above-described exemption from the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 for institutions that do not award degrees and that solely provide educational programs for total charges of $2,500 or less does not apply to institutions that provide any training or curriculum for Class A, B, or C commercial driving licenses, except as specified.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2026

Assembly Passage

Jan 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 14, 2025 Last action May 22, 2026

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What changed between versions

05/22/26 - Amended Senate → AB714 · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text is substantively identical between the two versions. The differences are entirely formatting and presentation: the 'from' version uses traditional legislative print formatting with line numbers and page headers, while the 'to' version reflects a web page rendering with navigation elements (skip to content, home, accessibility, FAQ, etc.) and reflowed text. No policy language was added, removed, or modified.

TECHNICAL

The document was reformatted from a traditional legislative print layout (with line numbers, page headers, and column formatting) to a web page presentation with navigation menus and reflowed paragraphs. The underlying statutory text of Section 94874 is unchanged.

Floor votes · Assembly Jan 26, 2026

How they voted

74–1

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 80

Jan 26, 2026

D Democratic60

57 Yea 3

95% Yea

R Republican20

17 Yea 1 Nay 2

85% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 22, 2026

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

upper

May 6, 2026

Committee

Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and ED.

upper

Jan 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 3839.)

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 22).

lower

May 23, 2025

Lower · Passed

In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

lower

May 14, 2025

Committee

In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and B. & P.

lower

Feb 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

lower

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor