--- type: "Bill" title: "Public postsecondary education: exemption from payment of nonresident tuition." description: "(1) Existing law exempts a student, other than a person excluded from the term \"immigrant,\" as defined, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges if, among other conditions, the student has a total of 3 or more years of full-time attendance in certain California schools or attainment of equivalent credits earned while in those schools, as specified, or the student completes 3 or more years of full-time high school coursework in California and a total of 3 or more years of attendance in California elementary schools or California secondary schools. Existing law requires attendance in credit courses at a campus of the California Community Colleges counted toward meeting the 3-year requirement to not exceed 2 years of full-time attendance." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 1141" citation: "California SB 1141 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: exemption from payment of nonresident tuition."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Limón"] version_count: 5 action_count: 26 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2022-02-16" last_action: "2022-09-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d78ec08-51c4-488c-a1bd-432ed5403479" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141" source_hash: "398f0496683e91c73a439bc54a8260549bbde47c5343b5472233d17ed84d316b" 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 1141 (20212022) — Public postsecondary education: exemption from payment of nonresident tuition. (1) Existing law exempts a student, other than a person excluded from the term "immigrant," as defined, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges if, among other conditions, the student has a total of 3 or more years of full-time attendance in certain California schools or attainment of equivalent credits earned while in those schools, as specified, or the student completes 3 or more years of full-time high school coursework in California and a total of 3 or more years of attendance in California elementary schools or California secondary schools. Existing law requires attendance in credit courses at a campus of the California Community Colleges counted toward meeting the 3-year requirement to not exceed 2 years of full-time attendance. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141&version=20210SB114199INT) 2. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141&version=20210SB114198AMD) 3. **09/23/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141&version=20210SB114196CHP) 4. **SB1141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141) 5. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141&version=20210SB114197ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB1141 Limón Concurrence — **32–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - SB 1141 Limón Senate Third Reading By Nazarian — **61–11** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Limón — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-16** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement. - **2022-02-17** From printer. - **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-15** Set for hearing March 30. - **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3272.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18. - **2022-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19. - **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3785.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3870.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-02** June 8 hearing postponed by committee. - **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-06-29** June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 6199.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5310.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2022-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 490, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d78ec08-51c4-488c-a1bd-432ed5403479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).