republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2722.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Student financial aid: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program.	Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for the receipt of awards under those programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law establishes the Military Department, which includes the California National Guard, the California State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia, to perform various duties regarding the state militia.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2722	California AB 2722 (20172018)	bill	Student financial aid: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program.	enacted	Medina	6	26	10	2018-02-15	2018-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/0e9d3e6f-620d-4048-8057-c36fc38a23aa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2722	ad5f54109b260670e02fcfb1366601d4b92148c9e8d7f4056cb34156a0fd687a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2722 (20172018) — Student financial aid: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program.

Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for the receipt of awards under those programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law establishes the Military Department, which includes the California National Guard, the California State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia, to perform various duties regarding the state militia.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/19/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2722 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2722 MEDINA Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2722 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB2722 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Medina — primary (person)
• Newman — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2018-03-08 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2018-04-04 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-05 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5490.) 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 Coms. on ED. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-06-26 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
• 2018-08-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2018-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5704.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6819.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e9d3e6f-620d-4048-8057-c36fc38a23aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).