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type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: Title 38 awards."
description: "Title 38 of the United States Code provides educational awards for eligible active duty members and veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States. Existing law requires an institution headquartered or operating in California desiring to enroll students eligible for federal Title 38 awards in accredited courses to make application for approval of these courses to the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education, commonly known as CSAAVE, and authorizes CSAAVE to approve the application of the school when the school and its accredited courses satisfy the specified criteria and any additional reasonable criteria established by CSAAVE."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1059"
citation: "California SB 1059 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: Title 38 awards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monning"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaff97a6-32d5-439c-85a3-aceb1141db7f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1059"
source_hash: "0a95578a2602fcd28d5e96e228a0e6bf6e749dcfdec6bb1825dd8e8804d75828"
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 1059 (20152016) — Postsecondary education: Title 38 awards.
Title 38 of the United States Code provides educational awards for eligible active duty members and veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States. Existing law requires an institution headquartered or operating in California desiring to enroll students eligible for federal Title 38 awards in accredited courses to make application for approval of these courses to the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education, commonly known as CSAAVE, and authorizes CSAAVE to approve the application of the school when the school and its accredited courses satisfy the specified criteria and any additional reasonable criteria established by CSAAVE.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1059&version=20150SB105999INT)
2. **04/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1059&version=20150SB105998AMD)
3. **06/21/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1059&version=20150SB105997AMD)
4. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1059&version=20150SB105995CHP)
5. **SB1059** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1059)
6. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1059&version=20150SB105996ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading — **360** (pass) · upper
- SB 1059 Monning Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **90** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **130** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **40** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **200** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Monning — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3377.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3523.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2016-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3805.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-21** (Corrected June 21).
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5891.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5430.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 428, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaff97a6-32d5-439c-85a3-aceb1141db7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).