The Assembly Higher Education Committee advanced ACA 18, a constitutional amendment that would expand student representation on the University of California Board of Regents by adding a second voting student member.
According to the committee record, the measure would give the regents two student votes — one representing an undergraduate and one representing a graduate student — instead of the current single student vote. The committee also approved amendments to the proposal before sending it on to the Assembly Committee on Appropriations with a do pass as amended recommendation.
The hearing on April 28 included support testimony from student advocates and UC-affiliated witnesses. The committee record and summary do not show any opposition testimony.
The chair referenced continued work on the measure as it moves through the Legislature and toward possible November ballot consideration, but the record reviewed here does not show whether the ballot path has been finalized or when the bill may next be heard.
