republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-844.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student government: students qualifying for exemption from nonresident tuition: California Community Colleges: governing board membership."
description: "(1) The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 844"
citation: "California AB 844 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student government: students qualifying for exemption from nonresident tuition: California Community Colleges: governing board membership."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbc9a11c-2ed8-43b5-87af-a02426d0752e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844"
source_hash: "68660124b8685c6b66ff7665085a17c5b7b4d6bf6c5ab3eda05564fe5ce4c895"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 844 (20112012) — Student government: students qualifying for exemption from nonresident tuition: California Community Colleges: governing board membership.

(1) The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844&version=20110AB84499INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844&version=20110AB84498AMD)
3. **05/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844&version=20110AB84497AMD)
4. **06/09/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844&version=20110AB84496AMD)
5. **06/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844&version=20110AB84495AMD)
6. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844&version=20110AB84493CHP)
7. **AB844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844)
8. **09/06/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB844&version=20110AB84494ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB844 Lara By Lieu — **22–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 844 LARA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **52–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 844 LARA Assembly Third Reading — **49–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-26** 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`
- **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 1340.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** 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`
- **2011-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 2012.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 2712.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 619, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbc9a11c-2ed8-43b5-87af-a02426d0752e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).