--- type: "Bill" title: "Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs." description: "Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "SB 271" citation: "California SB 271 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Publicpostsecondaryeducation", "childcareservices", "resources", "andprograms", "studentswithdependentchildren"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2025-02-04" last_action: "2025-10-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d74bffc-cebf-4f41-afea-28b648315f4a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB271" source_hash: "0c39028033d47a5fe1a495be60c585c1f63b530110d1879044be6d937198bd8e" 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 SB 271 (20252026) — Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children: childcare services, resources, and programs. Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/04/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB271&version=20250SB27199INT) 2. **03/20/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB271&version=20250SB27198AMD) 3. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB271&version=20250SB27197AMD) 4. **09/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB271&version=20250SB27196AMD) 5. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB271&version=20250SB27194CHP) 6. **SB271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB271) 7. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB271&version=20250SB27195ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - SB 271 Reyes Senate Third Reading By Fong — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB271 Reyes Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Reyes — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 7. - **2025-02-14** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-19** Set for hearing April 2. - **2025-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 633.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 21. - **2025-04-21** April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23. - **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1193.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-02** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1522.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and HUM. S. `referral-committee` - **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-09** Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 3062.) - **2025-09-09** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-09** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3390.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-13** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3031.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 600, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d74bffc-cebf-4f41-afea-28b648315f4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).