republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-1540.md

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Bill	Student financial aid: Cash for College Program.	Student financial aid: Cash for College Program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 1540	California AB 1540 (20072008)	bill appropriation	Student financial aid: Cash for College Program.	enacted	Bass	7	23	8	2007-02-23	2007-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/ae5f259e-8c59-4260-b033-4cbc42820ad7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1540	80ff08db84b8a67a455ae70646fa70bfc4197a5928ff0f259fea548073f21408	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1540 (20072008) — Student financial aid: Cash for College Program.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/07 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/01/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/07 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/14/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1540 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/25/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1540 Bass Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1540 Bass By Torlakson — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1540 BASS Assembly Third Reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bass — primary (person)
• Cedillo — coauthor (person)
• Leno — principal coauthor (person)
• Torlakson — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2007-02-23 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2007-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2007-02-26 Read first time. reading-1
• 2007-03-22 Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. referral-committee
• 2007-04-18 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-05-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-06-04 Read second time. To third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2007-06-06 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 2020.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2007-06-21 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 2007-07-05 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, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2007-07-11 In committee: Referred to Standing Committee on Education suspense file. referral-committee
• 2007-07-12 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) . committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2007-08-20 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 2007-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2007-08-31 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage
• 2007-09-11 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2563.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2007-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2007-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 3389.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2007-10-01 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
• 2007-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2007-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 741, Statutes of 2007.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae5f259e-8c59-4260-b033-4cbc42820ad7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).