republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1961.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: student housing and meal plans."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1961"
citation: "California AB 1961 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: student housing and meal plans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Choi"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-09-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e8dcf10-9d1e-4046-b701-97a6ae2f5872"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1961"
source_hash: "8ba75b52bee25a0acabb312d02176288cf4a3a7aeee3701fca3ab1710bdcfb86"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1961&version=20170AB196199INT)
2. **03/15/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1961&version=20170AB196198AMD)
3. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1961&version=20170AB196197AMD)
4. **09/10/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1961&version=20170AB196195CHP)
5. **AB1961** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1961)
6. **08/27/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1961&version=20170AB196196ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e8dcf10-9d1e-4046-b701-97a6ae2f5872`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).