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Bill	Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.	Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20012002	AB 540	California AB 540 (20012002)	bill	Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.	enacted	Firebaugh	8	26	9	2001-02-21	2001-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/365d54c3-b8a4-4fbd-baf6-00d7fa933b40	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB540	e452b9e1d190e020cd414f3f4f3119c04ed0eaf4e8b40aaaa855d4b1ae549b26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 540 (20012002) — Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/01 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/01/01 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/03/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/07/01 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/13/01 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB540 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/01 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 540 Firebaugh Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB540 Firebaugh By Romero — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 540 Firebaugh Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on place on Education suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Senate amendments be concurred in. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Firebaugh — primary (person)
• Alquist — principal coauthor (person)
• Aroner — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Cedillo — coauthor (person)
• Chan — coauthor (person)
• Chavez — coauthor (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)
• Chu — coauthor (person)
• Diaz — coauthor (person)
• Escutia — coauthor (person)
• Frommer — coauthor (person)
• Keeley — coauthor (person)
• Koretz — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Maldonado — author (person)
• McPherson — coauthor (person)
• Oropeza — coauthor (person)
• Perata — coauthor (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)
• Romero Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
• Steinberg — coauthor (person)
• Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
• Vargas — coauthor (person)
• Vincent — coauthor (person)
• Wiggins — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2001-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 814, Statutes of 2001.
• 2001-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2001-10-02 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2001-09-26 (Corrected September 18. )
• 2001-09-14 From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (September 13). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 3937.) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2001-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2001-09-12 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 2835.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-09-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-08-27 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2001-08-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2001-07-18 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2001-07-09 Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
• 2001-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-06-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2001-06-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2001-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2001-05-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 15. Page 1776.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2001-05-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2001-05-03 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2001-05-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2001-04-26 Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. (Page 1244.)
• 2001-04-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2001-03-05 Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. referral-committee
• 2001-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2001-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/365d54c3-b8a4-4fbd-baf6-00d7fa933b40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).