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type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: Success for Homeless Youth in Higher Education Act."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Among other things, the act requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to foster youth, as defined, or former foster youth, until the repeal of this provision on January 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 801"
citation: "California AB 801 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: Success for Homeless Youth in Higher Education Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/385d1fb4-e316-4d3f-840e-765eef25ef98"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801"
source_hash: "7bf94830e0715f3e85b8a6dcd1c6603689091d41f9f5e26418366b0f3b7b7425"
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 801 (20152016) — Postsecondary education: Success for Homeless Youth in Higher Education Act.
(1) Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Among other things, the act requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to foster youth, as defined, or former foster youth, until the repeal of this provision on January 1, 2017.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801&version=20150AB80199INT)
2. **05/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801&version=20150AB80195AMD)
3. **06/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801&version=20150AB80198AMD)
4. **08/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801&version=20150AB80194AMD)
5. **09/01/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801&version=20150AB80197AMD)
6. **09/03/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801&version=20150AB80196AMD)
7. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801&version=20150AB80192CHP)
8. **AB801** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801)
9. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB801&version=20150AB80193ENR)
## Votes
- AB 801 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **6113** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **112** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **60** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB801 Bloom By Leno — **361** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · lower
- AB 801 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **6613** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **123** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bloom — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-20** 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 3.) (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 61. Noes 13. Page 1843.) `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`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). 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`
- **2015-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Leno.
- **2016-04-28** From inactive file.
- **2016-04-28** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Leno.
- **2016-08-17** From inactive file.
- **2016-08-17** Ordered to second reading.
- **2016-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 5306.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 13. Page 6385.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 432, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/385d1fb4-e316-4d3f-840e-765eef25ef98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).