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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Student financial aid: application deadlines: postponement."
+description: "Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. Existing law requires the commission to appoint a director as the chief executive officer for the commission and authorizes the commission to employ other employees as it deems necessary to carry out its functions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 2500"
+citation: "California AB 2500 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Student financial aid", "application deadlines", "postponement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mike Fong"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-02-13"
+last_action: "2024-09-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa44824d-c07f-46dc-85d6-a03ec129fb3c"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2500"
+source_hash: "ad0750d048d4f36ecdb07a4a289846478f258cad12232a0495b404ea92cc83d8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 2500 (20232024) — Student financial aid: application deadlines: postponement.
+
+Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. Existing law requires the commission to appoint a director as the chief executive officer for the commission and authorizes the commission to employ other employees as it deems necessary to carry out its functions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2500&version=20230AB250099INT)
+2. **03/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2500&version=20230AB250098AMD)
+3. **05/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2500&version=20230AB250097AMD)
+4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2500&version=20230AB250095CHP)
+5. **AB2500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2500)
+6. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2500&version=20230AB250096ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2500 Mike Fong Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Special Consent AB2500 Mike Fong By Limón — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mike Fong — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
+- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-16** Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
+- **2024-05-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5375.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 404, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa44824d-c07f-46dc-85d6-a03ec129fb3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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