Public postsecondary education: community colleges: refugees and holders of certain special immigrant visas: exemption from paying nonresident tuition.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law exempts students who have been granted special immigrant visas pursuant to specified federal statutes, or are refugees admitted to the United States under a specified federal statute, and who, upon entering the United States, settled in California, from paying nonresident tuition at the California Community Colleges, as specified.
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AB 2210
California AB 2210 (20172018)
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Public postsecondary education: community colleges: refugees and holders of certain special immigrant visas: exemption from paying nonresident tuition.
California AB 2210 (20172018) — Public postsecondary education: community colleges: refugees and holders of certain special immigrant visas: exemption from paying nonresident tuition.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law exempts students who have been granted special immigrant visas pursuant to specified federal statutes, or are refugees admitted to the United States under a specified federal statute, and who, upon entering the United States, settled in California, from paying nonresident tuition at the California Community Colleges, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2210 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB2210 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2210 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — 68–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
McCarty — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2018-03-15 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2018-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2018-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2018-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 4. Page 4826.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-03 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2018-05-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-06-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2018-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2018-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5281.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 6804.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 582, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/960d4ab9-64e7-4cf8-8253-2529996d96c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).