republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-451.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: Cal Grant C awards."
description: "Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Act, establishes the Cal Grant C Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under this program. The act requires that a Cal Grant C award be used only for occupational or technical training, as defined, in a course of not less than 4 months. The act requires the commission, after consultation with state and federal agencies, to determine the areas of occupational or technical training for which Cal Grant C awards shall be awarded."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "California SB 451 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: Cal Grant C awards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Price"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35441e82-8dc0-4eb4-8e04-c8b15c2fe276"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB451"
source_hash: "611dbe1df6429232efec54a3f2170ad4db4f75f94cdb721e390a4a96b52ed89f"
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 SB 451 (20112012) — Student financial aid: Cal Grant C awards.

Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Act, establishes the Cal Grant C Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under this program. The act requires that a Cal Grant C award be used only for occupational or technical training, as defined, in a course of not less than 4 months. The act requires the commission, after consultation with state and federal agencies, to determine the areas of occupational or technical training for which Cal Grant C awards shall be awarded.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB451&version=20110SB45199INT)
2. **06/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB451&version=20110SB45198AMD)
3. **07/14/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB451&version=20110SB45197AMD)
4. **10/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB451&version=20110SB45195CHP)
5. **SB451** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB451)
6. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB451&version=20110SB45196ENR)

## Votes

- SB 451 Price Senate Third Reading By MITCHELL — **72–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB451 Price Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2011-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 430.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 958.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (July 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 2580.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2332.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-12** 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 627, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35441e82-8dc0-4eb4-8e04-c8b15c2fe276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).