republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-271.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Associate Degree Nursing Scholarship Program."
description: "Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2014, the statewide Associate Degree Nursing (A.D.N.) Scholarship Pilot Program in the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to provide scholarships to students, in accordance with prescribed requirements, in counties determined to have the most need. Existing law provides that the program be funded from the Registered Nurse Education Fund, and administered by the Health Professions Education Foundation within the office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "California SB 271 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Associate Degree Nursing Scholarship Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51a1e335-36dd-48e5-8fe9-1a030cef6a0c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB271"
source_hash: "37c4a40b29f80092752cc13bdbaca7a1c894276da2acf0abf9519687e05fffa3"
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 271 (20132014) — Associate Degree Nursing Scholarship Program.

Existing law establishes, until January 1, 2014, the statewide Associate Degree Nursing (A.D.N.) Scholarship Pilot Program in the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to provide scholarships to students, in accordance with prescribed requirements, in counties determined to have the most need. Existing law provides that the program be funded from the Registered Nurse Education Fund, and administered by the Health Professions Education Foundation within the office.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB271&version=20130SB27199INT)
2. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB271&version=20130SB27198AMD)
3. **09/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB271&version=20130SB27196CHP)
4. **SB271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB271)
5. **09/09/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB271&version=20130SB27197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 271 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB271 Hernandez Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #7 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-15** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 421.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-15** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1010.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1190.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-14** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2873.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-06** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2171.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 384, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51a1e335-36dd-48e5-8fe9-1a030cef6a0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).