Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment: foster youth.
Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined, for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty.
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California Legislature
20112012
AB 194
California AB 194 (20112012)
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Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment: foster youth.
California AB 194 (20112012) — Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment: foster youth.
Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined, for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 8–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Bonilla — coauthor (person)
Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
Brownley — coauthor (person)
Furutani — coauthor (person)
Gordon — coauthor (person)
Hancock — coauthor (person)
Jeffries — coauthor (person)
Lara — coauthor (person)
Ma — coauthor (person)
Portantino — coauthor (person)
Skinner — coauthor (person)
Swanson — coauthor (person)
Vargas — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-01-27 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-01-28 From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
2011-02-10 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-03-24 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
2011-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 7. Page 908.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-04-25 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2011-05-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-06-27 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2011-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 2197.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 10. Page 2900.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 458, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b56023f9-98aa-4936-b79f-c017ab94fffa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).