Student financial aid: eligibility: California Dream Act of 2011.
Existing law requires that a person, other than a nonimmigrant alien, as defined, who has attended high school in California for 3 or more years, who has graduated from a California high school or attained the equivalent thereof, who has registered at or attends an accredited institution of higher education in California not earlier than the fall semester or quarter of the 2001–02 academic year, and who, if he or she is an alien without lawful immigration status, has filed a prescribed affidavit, is exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the California Community Colleges and the California State University.
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20112012
AB 130
California AB 130 (20112012)
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Student financial aid: eligibility: California Dream Act of 2011.
California AB 130 (20112012) — Student financial aid: eligibility: California Dream Act of 2011.
Existing law requires that a person, other than a nonimmigrant alien, as defined, who has attended high school in California for 3 or more years, who has graduated from a California high school or attained the equivalent thereof, who has registered at or attends an accredited institution of higher education in California not earlier than the fall semester or quarter of the 2001–02 academic year, and who, if he or she is an alien without lawful immigration status, has filed a prescribed affidavit, is exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the California Community Colleges and the California State University.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-01-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-01-12 From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
2011-02-03 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2011-03-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2011-03-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (March 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-03-17 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-04-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 1166.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 1233.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-05-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1860.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-07-14 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2011-07-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
2011-07-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-07-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 93, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ffffdcb-d3aa-41df-87b4-1a2ab665d84e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).