---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition."
description: "Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 540"
citation: "California AB 540 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-21"
last_action: "2001-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/365d54c3-b8a4-4fbd-baf6-00d7fa933b40"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540"
source_hash: "e452b9e1d190e020cd414f3f4f3119c04ed0eaf4e8b40aaaa855d4b1ae549b26"
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 540 (20012002) — Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540&version=20010AB54099INT)
2. **05/01/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540&version=20010AB54098AMD)
3. **06/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540&version=20010AB54097AMD)
4. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540&version=20010AB54096AMD)
5. **09/07/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540&version=20010AB54095AMD)
6. **10/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540&version=20010AB54093CHP)
7. **AB540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540)
8. **09/14/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540&version=20010AB54094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 540 Firebaugh Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB540 Firebaugh By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 540 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on place on Education suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)
- Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chan — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Frommer — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — author (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Oropeza — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Romero Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 814, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-10-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2001-09-26** (Corrected September 18. )
- **2001-09-14** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (September 13). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 3937.) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2001-09-12** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 2835.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2001-08-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-07-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 15. Page 1776.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-26** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Page 1244.)
- **2001-04-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2001-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/365d54c3-b8a4-4fbd-baf6-00d7fa933b40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).