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Bill	Postsecondary education: student housing and meal plans.	Under existing law, the segments of postsecondary education in this state are the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1961	California AB 1961 (20172018)	bill	Postsecondary education: student housing and meal plans.	enacted	Choi	6	23	7	2018-01-30	2018-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/1e8dcf10-9d1e-4046-b701-97a6ae2f5872	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1961	8ba75b52bee25a0acabb312d02176288cf4a3a7aeee3701fca3ab1710bdcfb86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1961 (20172018) — Postsecondary education: student housing and meal plans.

Under existing law, the segments of postsecondary education in this state are the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/15/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/10/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1961 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/27/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1961 CHOI Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB1961 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Choi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-30 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-01-31 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
• 2018-02-08 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2018-03-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (March 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-15 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-04-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5524.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-07-02 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
• 2018-08-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5702.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2018-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 314, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1e8dcf10-9d1e-4046-b701-97a6ae2f5872. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).