republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1781.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program."
description: "Existing law establishes the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program, which provides financial aid to qualifying members of the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, in consultation with the Military Department. Existing law provides that a qualifying member is eligible to receive an award if, among other conditions, the person enrolls in at least 3 academic units per semester, or the equivalent thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1781"
citation: "California AB 1781 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linder"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-02-18"
last_action: "2014-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb1b178-4036-444e-94e2-3e34f0999844"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1781"
source_hash: "3ad41cd0a115869aee14d3506128a9936612e798ab83afcf6be77186be123966"
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 1781 (20132014) — California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program.

Existing law establishes the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program, which provides financial aid to qualifying members of the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, in consultation with the Military Department. Existing law provides that a qualifying member is eligible to receive an award if, among other conditions, the person enrolls in at least 3 academic units per semester, or the equivalent thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1781&version=20130AB178199INT)
2. **05/23/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1781&version=20130AB178198AMD)
3. **06/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1781&version=20130AB178197AMD)
4. **08/15/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1781&version=20130AB178195CHP)
5. **AB1781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1781)
6. **08/06/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1781&version=20130AB178196ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1781 LINDER Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1781 LINDER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linder — primary (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Melendez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4599.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4253.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5840.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acb1b178-4036-444e-94e2-3e34f0999844`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).