Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements. The program requires the trustees and requests the regents to adopt regulations providing for the withholding of institutional services from current and former students who have been notified in writing that they are in default on DREAM loans. The program specifies that registration privileges may not be withheld from students who are in default on DREAM loans.
California SB 440 (20152016) — Postsecondary education: institutions.
Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements. The program requires the trustees and requests the regents to adopt regulations providing for the withholding of institutional services from current and former students who have been notified in writing that they are in default on DREAM loans. The program specifies that registration privileges may not be withheld from students who are in default on DREAM loans.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Committee on Education — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-26 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.
2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2015-04-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 29.
2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 814.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 953.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-22 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2176.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-29 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2015-07-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
2015-07-06 Returned by the Governor at the request of the Senate.
2015-07-06 Held at desk.
2015-08-24 Ordered to enrgrossing and enrolling.
2015-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-09-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-09-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 259, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6fc0a41e-657e-42af-899a-8a5c27c4fe6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).