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Bill	Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.	(1) Existing law exempts a student, other than a nonimmigrant alien, as defined, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges if the student meets certain requirements, including high school attendance in California for 3 or more years or attainment of credits earned in California from a California high school equivalent to 3 or more years of full-time high school coursework and a total of 3 or more years of attendance at California elementary and secondary schools.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 68	California SB 68 (20172018)	bill	Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.	enacted	Lara	9	31	8	2017-01-05	2017-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/f7b787cd-6e32-4531-a528-50e4a8ced891	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB68	0238d3159d15ad070e0cadef6436d3baad98523bac07bed7f2ebc232d608ace3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 68 (20172018) — Public postsecondary education: exemption from nonresident tuition.

(1) Existing law exempts a student, other than a nonimmigrant alien, as defined, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges if the student meets certain requirements, including high school attendance in California for 3 or more years or attainment of credits earned in California from a California high school equivalent to 3 or more years of full-time high school coursework and a total of 3 or more years of attendance at California elementary and secondary schools.

Version chain

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

1. 01/05/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/13/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/29/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/26/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/05/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB68 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/18/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 68 Lara Senate Third Reading By BOCANEGRA — 54–19 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–2 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB68 Lara et al. Concurrence — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lara — primary (person)
• Bocanegra — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2017-02-23 Set for hearing March 15.
• 2017-03-06 March 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-03-07 Set for hearing March 22.
• 2017-03-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-03-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 443.) (March 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-03-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2017-04-17 April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1177.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
• 2017-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1386.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-15 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-19 July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 3260.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2923.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 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 496, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7b787cd-6e32-4531-a528-50e4a8ced891. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).