---
type: "Bill"
title: "Higher education trailer bill."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program to provide one-time grants for the construction of student housing or for the acquisition and renovation of commercial properties into student housing for the purpose of providing affordable, low-cost housing options for students enrolled in public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law appropriates $1,434,133,000 for the 2022–23 fiscal year from the General Fund for the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program for purposes of the one-time grants described above."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "California SB 117 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Higher education trailer bill"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0fca2ff-0a10-449c-b119-ac0dd1c889ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB117"
source_hash: "2b239ce396c2bd5773bc070accd47370c0215e138deec55f956732e9c010af71"
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 117 (20232024) — Higher education trailer bill.

(1) Existing law establishes the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program to provide one-time grants for the construction of student housing or for the acquisition and renovation of commercial properties into student housing for the purpose of providing affordable, low-cost housing options for students enrolled in public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law appropriates $1,434,133,000 for the 2022–23 fiscal year from the General Fund for the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program for purposes of the one-time grants described above.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB117&version=20230SB11799INT)
2. **06/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB117&version=20230SB11798AMD)
3. **07/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB117&version=20230SB11796CHP)
4. **SB117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB117)
5. **06/28/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB117&version=20230SB11797ENR)

## Votes

- SB 117 Budget and Fiscal Review Senate Third Reading By TING — **77–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB117 B. & F.R. — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB117 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 357.)
- **2023-03-16** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 491.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-30** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** Assembly Rules Suspended.
- **2023-06-26** (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 2370.)
- **2023-06-26** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-06-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 2402.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-06-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1770.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2023-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 50, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0fca2ff-0a10-449c-b119-ac0dd1c889ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).