---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program."
description: "Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program (Cal Grant Program) , establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions, as defined. The existing definition of a qualifying institution includes, among other institutions, California private or independent postsecondary educational institutions that participate in the Pell Grant Program and in at least 2 of the following federal campus-based programs: federal Work-Study, the Perkins Loan Program, and the Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1590"
citation: "California AB 1590 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-03"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/866bdecf-5d86-40a8-8220-5bd2ce59b027"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1590"
source_hash: "bf5b025964d613902c327116e37af183dac753d6c36e9952f727a218c6ead7c8"
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 1590 (20132014) — Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program.

Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program (Cal Grant Program) , establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions, as defined. The existing definition of a qualifying institution includes, among other institutions, California private or independent postsecondary educational institutions that participate in the Pell Grant Program and in at least 2 of the following federal campus-based programs: federal Work-Study, the Perkins Loan Program, and the Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1590&version=20130AB159099INT)
2. **03/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1590&version=20130AB159098AMD)
3. **08/13/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1590&version=20130AB159097AMD)
4. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1590&version=20130AB159095CHP)
5. **AB1590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1590)
6. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1590&version=20130AB159096ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1590 WIECKOWSKI Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1590 WIECKOWSKI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1590 Wieckowski By Block — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2014-02-14** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-24** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4598.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** From consent calendar.
- **2014-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4559.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6181.)
- **2014-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6212.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 667, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/866bdecf-5d86-40a8-8220-5bd2ce59b027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).