---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Aid Commission: student members."
description: "Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission to perform a variety of duties relating to student financial aid programs, and requires the Governor to appoint 2 student members to the commission for terms of 2 academic years. Existing provisions of the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program set forth requirements for a postsecondary institution to be considered a qualifying institution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2154"
citation: "California AB 2154 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student Aid Commission: student members."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d906acb6-677e-4f4c-a9d3-cb79edfb3df6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2154"
source_hash: "8f0d61c03f8de1c3aba63b25acc00f7153c6360a0bd323f7f3e4914d8e69d0f9"
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 2154 (20152016) — Student Aid Commission: student members.

Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission to perform a variety of duties relating to student financial aid programs, and requires the Governor to appoint 2 student members to the commission for terms of 2 academic years. Existing provisions of the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program set forth requirements for a postsecondary institution to be considered a qualifying institution.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2154&version=20150AB215499INT)
2. **05/25/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2154&version=20150AB215498AMD)
3. **09/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2154&version=20150AB215496CHP)
4. **AB2154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2154)
5. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2154&version=20150AB215497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2154 MEDINA Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2154 Medina By Block — **36–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2154 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2016-02-29** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4685.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5006.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6112.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 457, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d906acb6-677e-4f4c-a9d3-cb79edfb3df6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).