republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2894.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: students called to active military duty during an academic term."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the 5 segments of postsecondary education in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2894"
citation: "California AB 2894 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: students called to active military duty during an academic term."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gloria"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47974a92-a9d0-4208-b060-a9f4534bac53"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2894"
source_hash: "87aacbc648e4c1c24560c8a36ce504a44694dc967cd85b4b8a58ede98ff01c86"
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 2894 (20172018) — Postsecondary education: students called to active military duty during an academic term.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the 5 segments of postsecondary education in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2894&version=20170AB289499INT)
2. **03/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2894&version=20170AB289498AMD)
3. **05/09/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2894&version=20170AB289497AMD)
4. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2894&version=20170AB289495CHP)
5. **AB2894** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2894)
6. **08/23/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2894&version=20170AB289496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2894 GLORIA Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2894 Gloria By Roth — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gloria — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** 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`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5306.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** 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`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **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** 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`
- **2018-08-09** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5608.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 346, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47974a92-a9d0-4208-b060-a9f4534bac53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).