Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the public and independent institutions of higher education. The provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable. Existing law exempts specified students from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges and establishes financial aid programs for students, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district to charge resident students a fee of $46 per unit per semester and to waive that fee for specified students.
California AB 1899 (20112012) — Postsecondary education benefits: crime victims.
Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the public and independent institutions of higher education. The provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable. Existing law exempts specified students from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges and establishes financial aid programs for students, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district to charge resident students a fee of $46 per unit per semester and to waive that fee for specified students.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mitchell — primary (person)
Ammiano — coauthor (person)
Brownley — coauthor (person)
Correa — coauthor (person)
Evans — coauthor (person)
Fong — coauthor (person)
Portantino — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2012-03-20 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
2012-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2012-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-09 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
2012-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2012-04-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5050.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2012-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-07-02 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4703.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2012-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 509, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b81ce10-a47f-4cd9-b14b-d3f6ddae5aba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).