---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: holders of certain special immigrant visas."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law exempts specified students from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 343"
citation: "California AB 343 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: holders of certain special immigrant visas."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53beb301-94f7-4209-9872-b8731f825e28"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343"
source_hash: "e92f7e4daad3b0c801c4977133e5102fcd75c855cfd86ef400e5d06e569385b3"
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 343 (20172018) — Public postsecondary education: holders of certain special immigrant visas.

(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law exempts specified students from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343&version=20170AB34399INT)
2. **04/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343&version=20170AB34398AMD)
3. **04/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343&version=20170AB34397AMD)
4. **07/11/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343&version=20170AB34396AMD)
5. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343&version=20170AB34394CHP)
6. **AB343** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343)
7. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343&version=20170AB34395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 343 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 343 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **67–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB343 McCarty et al. By Pan — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — author (person)
- Nazarian — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-04-05** 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`
- **2017-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-20** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1525.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2514.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 5. Page 3104.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 491, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53beb301-94f7-4209-9872-b8731f825e28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).