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type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C awards, and the Cal Grant T awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1449"
citation: "California AB 1449 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a22fdd8c-d021-4ead-988b-b22063d11365"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449"
source_hash: "cf282296a73edcea77d87d6d8df6fee3306ac2647733f27553f01a69393ea5af"
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 1449 (20152016) — Student financial aid: California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program.
(1) Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C awards, and the Cal Grant T awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions.
## 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=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144999INT)
2. **01/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144998AMD)
3. **01/05/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144997AMD)
4. **01/13/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144996AMD)
5. **06/20/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144995AMD)
6. **08/16/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144994AMD)
7. **08/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144993AMD)
8. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144991CHP)
9. **AB1449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449)
10. **08/31/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1449&version=20150AB144992ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **170** (pass) · lower
- AB 1449 LOPEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **751** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **130** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1449 Lopez By Block — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 1449 LOPEZ Assembly Third Reading — **741** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lopez — 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`
- **2015-12-09** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-04** 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`
- **2016-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-05** 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`
- **2016-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-01-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-01-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 3478.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-01-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5344.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 6465.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 433, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a22fdd8c-d021-4ead-988b-b22063d11365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).