republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-1091.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program."
description: "The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C award, and the Cal Grant T award under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. As part of these eligibility requirements, existing law requires the commission to require that a grade point average be submitted to it electronically for all grade 12 pupils at public schools, including charter schools, each academic year, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1091"
citation: "California AB 1091 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eduardo Garcia"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1219118b-7d8e-4556-98a2-b08b800e1283"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1091"
source_hash: "51e66e184d805ea8836316b4062257306214e3b1a9993607bb7bde6ed646c766"
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 1091 (20152016) — Student financial aid: Cal Grant Program.

The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C award, and the Cal Grant T award under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. As part of these eligibility requirements, existing law requires the commission to require that a grade point average be submitted to it electronically for all grade 12 pupils at public schools, including charter schools, each academic year, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1091&version=20150AB109199INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1091&version=20150AB109198AMD)
3. **04/30/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1091&version=20150AB109197AMD)
4. **06/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1091&version=20150AB109196AMD)
5. **10/08/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1091&version=20150AB109194CHP)
6. **AB1091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1091)
7. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1091&version=20150AB109195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1091 Eduardo Garcia By Block — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1091 GARCIA, E. Assembly Third Reading — **77–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** 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, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-30** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 1874.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2458.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 637, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1219118b-7d8e-4556-98a2-b08b800e1283`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).