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Bill	Public postsecondary education: holders of certain special immigrant visas.	(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law exempts specified students from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 343	California AB 343 (20172018)	bill	Public postsecondary education: holders of certain special immigrant visas.	enacted	McCarty	7	26	8	2017-02-07	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/53beb301-94f7-4209-9872-b8731f825e28	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB343	e92f7e4daad3b0c801c4977133e5102fcd75c855cfd86ef400e5d06e569385b3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 343 (20172018) — Public postsecondary education: holders of certain special immigrant visas.

(1) Existing law establishes the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law exempts specified students from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/20/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/11/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/05/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB343 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 343 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 343 MCCARTY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB343 McCarty et al. By Pan — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McCarty — primary (person)
• Gonzalez Fletcher — author (person)
• Nazarian — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2017-02-21 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-04-05 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
• 2017-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2017-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-04-20 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1525.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-24 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2514.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 5. Page 3104.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2017-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 491, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53beb301-94f7-4209-9872-b8731f825e28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).