---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: student hunger."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University; the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California; the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; and independent institutions of higher education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 214"
citation: "California AB 214 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: student hunger."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a655e4c-3b81-48e1-812f-e6b9d5920513"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB214"
source_hash: "e0ee2606dc4685611d7d64780ff90f04e000cc90bb1137c7deac6773e69c99c6"
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 214 (20172018) — Postsecondary education: student hunger.

(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University; the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California; the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; and independent institutions of higher education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/24/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB214&version=20170AB21499INT)
2. **05/01/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB214&version=20170AB21498AMD)
3. **06/15/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB214&version=20170AB21497AMD)
4. **07/24/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB214&version=20170AB21495CHP)
5. **AB214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB214)
6. **07/11/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB214&version=20170AB21496ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB214 — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 214 WEBER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 214 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Bocanegra — coauthor (person)
- Bradford — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** From printer. May be heard in committee February 24.
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-03-15** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-03-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1300.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1373.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-06-26** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1841.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-07-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2495.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a655e4c-3b81-48e1-812f-e6b9d5920513`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).