---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cal Grant Program: grade point average."
description: "The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2160"
citation: "California AB 2160 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cal Grant Program: grade point average."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dda88717-0d12-4757-90f6-dc5bd2c45a54"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160"
source_hash: "8c5106e1b98f2d96cfdd403599d31cfce0688e075e8e264e6be434f2ad508549"
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 2160 (20132014) — Cal Grant Program: grade point average.

The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216099INT)
2. **04/01/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216098AMD)
3. **04/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216097AMD)
4. **05/05/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216096AMD)
5. **05/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216095AMD)
6. **06/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216094AMD)
7. **08/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216093AMD)
8. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216091CHP)
9. **AB2160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160)
10. **08/22/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2160&version=20130AB216092ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2160 TING Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2160 Ting By Hill — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2160 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Campos — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Hill — principal coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-28** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-01** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-02** Measure version as amended on April 1 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5264.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 4614.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-20** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6239.)
- **2014-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6277.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** 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 679, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dda88717-0d12-4757-90f6-dc5bd2c45a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).