republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1894.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: student hunger."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University; the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California; the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; and independent institutions of higher education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1894"
citation: "California AB 1894 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: student hunger."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weber"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13920382-d165-4a99-9de2-d81598413e2f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1894"
source_hash: "70f5729e9cc5698a8ce307b19c2ef2f999d7329f245a5c9c5efd12c7ac164b2e"
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 1894 (20172018) — Postsecondary education: student hunger.

(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University; the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California; the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges; and independent institutions of higher education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1894&version=20170AB189499INT)
2. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1894&version=20170AB189497CHP)
3. **AB1894** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1894)
4. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1894&version=20170AB189498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1894 WEBER Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1894 Weber By Wilk — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Weber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **2018-02-05** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5129.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5457.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 746, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13920382-d165-4a99-9de2-d81598413e2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).