---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: private student loans."
description: "Existing law establishes the University of California, California State University, the California Community Colleges, and independent colleges and universities as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs for students attending all segments of postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1289"
citation: "California SB 1289 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: private student loans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d5dace4-170f-4a7b-a517-83e6d6b4c27d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289"
source_hash: "e38ba0f23c5c35101bfac025d4d889131dc51cd7f82821d082a89429fe08a883"
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 1289 (20112012) — Postsecondary education: private student loans.

Existing law establishes the University of California, California State University, the California Community Colleges, and independent colleges and universities as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs for students attending all segments of postsecondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289&version=20110SB128999INT)
2. **04/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289&version=20110SB128998AMD)
3. **05/03/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289&version=20110SB128997AMD)
4. **06/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289&version=20110SB128996AMD)
5. **08/13/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289&version=20110SB128995AMD)
6. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289&version=20110SB128993CHP)
7. **SB1289** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289)
8. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1289&version=20110SB128994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 1289 Corbett Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **50–26** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1289 Corbett Concurrence — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **25–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-16** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2012-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 3034.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-04-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-30** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-01** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-07** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 3467.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 19). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 6061.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4684.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 623, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d5dace4-170f-4a7b-a517-83e6d6b4c27d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).