---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: Cash for College Program."
description: "Student financial aid: Cash for College Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1540"
citation: "California AB 1540 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: Cash for College Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bass"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae5f259e-8c59-4260-b033-4cbc42820ad7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540"
source_hash: "80ff08db84b8a67a455ae70646fa70bfc4197a5928ff0f259fea548073f21408"
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 1540 (20072008) — Student financial aid: Cash for College Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540&version=20070AB154099INT)
2. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540&version=20070AB154098AMD)
3. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540&version=20070AB154097AMD)
4. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540&version=20070AB154096AMD)
5. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540&version=20070AB154094CHP)
6. **AB1540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540)
7. **09/25/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540&version=20070AB154095ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1540 Bass Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1540 Bass By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1540 BASS Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bass — primary (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Leno — principal coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 2020.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** 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, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** In committee: Referred to Standing Committee on Education suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2563.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 3389.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-10-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 741, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae5f259e-8c59-4260-b033-4cbc42820ad7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).