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Bill	Student residency requirements: veterans.	Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2478	California AB 2478 (20112012)	bill	Student residency requirements: veterans.	enacted	Hayashi	7	26	9	2012-02-24	2012-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/7c2315f2-4ae4-42aa-a4b4-e8dd6bf7a687	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2478	c99408c20cd626fd81a4653e7fb5220a1bd5de9793218d54ed9e6e3ebbf83602	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2478 (20112012) — Student residency requirements: veterans.

Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/20/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2478 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2478 HAYASHI Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2478 Hayashi By Cannella — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2478 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hayashi — primary (person)
• Cannella — coauthor (person)
• Norby — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-15 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-09 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5135.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2012-07-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 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 37. Noes 0. Page 4704.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6321.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:25 a.m.
• 2012-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 405, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c2315f2-4ae4-42aa-a4b4-e8dd6bf7a687. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).