--- type: "Bill" title: "California DREAM Loan Program: graduate degree programs." description: "Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the regents, and that the student is enrolled in an \"instructional program,\" defined as a program of study that results in the award of a baccalaureate degree or undergraduate certificate, or undergraduate coursework in a program of study leading directly to a first professional degree for which no baccalaureate degree or undergraduate degree is awarded." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "SB 354" citation: "California SB 354 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["California DREAM Loan Program: graduate degree programs."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"] version_count: 6 action_count: 25 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2019-02-19" last_action: "2019-10-04" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b663e077-cccf-4a0e-967c-29aa7b27e450" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354" source_hash: "eb6443069979b4bf9e66c087793f70d2bbc73cc1dc083100d94e9a3f227c964b" 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 354 (20192020) — California DREAM Loan Program: graduate degree programs. Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the regents, and that the student is enrolled in an "instructional program," defined as a program of study that results in the award of a baccalaureate degree or undergraduate certificate, or undergraduate coursework in a program of study leading directly to a first professional degree for which no baccalaureate degree or undergraduate degree is awarded. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/19/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35499INT) 2. **03/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35498AMD) 3. **04/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35497AMD) 4. **10/04/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35495CHP) 5. **SB354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354) 6. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35496ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower - SB 354 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Medina — **64–10** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **30–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Durazo — primary (person) - Gonzalez — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2019-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22. - **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-07** Set for hearing April 3. - **2019-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 547.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2019-04-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6. - **2019-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16. - **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1097.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 1184.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-06-26** June 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2019-08-30** Coauthors revised. - **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 10. Page 3265.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-09-10** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2019-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 526, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b663e077-cccf-4a0e-967c-29aa7b27e450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).