republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-906.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment systems."
description: "(1) Existing law 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 for registration for enrollment to foster youth or former foster youth, as defined. Existing law repeals these requirements on January 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 906"
citation: "California SB 906 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-01-25"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/571bd00a-5e9e-4005-87ab-26168beb840a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB906"
source_hash: "68a85038f77d59c1e7f34d637ea6b51b9bd30ac375596d1ad463f54d635cc074"
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 906 (20152016) — Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment systems.

(1) Existing law 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 for registration for enrollment to foster youth or former foster youth, as defined. Existing law repeals these requirements on January 1, 2017.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB906&version=20150SB90699INT)
2. **05/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB906&version=20150SB90698AMD)
3. **08/18/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB906&version=20150SB90697AMD)
4. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB906&version=20150SB90695CHP)
5. **SB906** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB906)
6. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB906&version=20150SB90696ENR)

## Votes

- SB 906 Beall Senate Third Reading By GORDON — **77–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 906 Beall Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB906 Beall Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Liu — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 25.
- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-25** Set for hearing March 9.
- **2016-03-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3200.) (March 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-01** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2016-04-11** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3535.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **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. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5778.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-15** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2016-08-15** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2016-08-15** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed and ordered to the Senate.
- **2016-08-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 6091.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5426.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 437, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/571bd00a-5e9e-4005-87ab-26168beb840a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).