republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1346.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: Student Tuition Recovery Fund."
description: "The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act also establishes the Student Tuition Recovery Fund and requires the bureau to adopt regulations governing the administration and maintenance of the fund, including requirements relating to assessments on students and student claims against the fund, and establishes that the moneys in this fund are continuously appropriated to the bureau for specified purposes. The act authorizes a California student of a Corinthian Colleges, Inc., institution who meets all of the other eligibility requirements, including that the student was enrolled as of June 20, 2014, or withdrew within 120 days of that date, to receive payment from the fund. The act defines economic loss, for the purposes of a student's loss that may be relieved or mitigated through the fund, to include but not necessarily be limited to, pecuniary loss, which is the sum of the student's tuition, all other institutional charges, the cost of equipment and materials required for the educational program, and interest on any student loan used to pay for such charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1346"
citation: "California AB 1346 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: Student Tuition Recovery Fund."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b0c239d-d16d-4eea-af66-8d4adf2ff622"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1346"
source_hash: "56d758026b5540266c834b34fba696f3b80d35fb356c102ec48792bd15f23d62"
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 1346 (20192020) — Postsecondary education: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009: Student Tuition Recovery Fund.

The California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act also establishes the Student Tuition Recovery Fund and requires the bureau to adopt regulations governing the administration and maintenance of the fund, including requirements relating to assessments on students and student claims against the fund, and establishes that the moneys in this fund are continuously appropriated to the bureau for specified purposes. The act authorizes a California student of a Corinthian Colleges, Inc., institution who meets all of the other eligibility requirements, including that the student was enrolled as of June 20, 2014, or withdrew within 120 days of that date, to receive payment from the fund. The act defines economic loss, for the purposes of a student's loss that may be relieved or mitigated through the fund, to include but not necessarily be limited to, pecuniary loss, which is the sum of the student's tuition, all other institutional charges, the cost of equipment and materials required for the educational program, and interest on any student loan used to pay for such charges.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1346&version=20190AB134699INT)
2. **04/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1346&version=20190AB134698AMD)
3. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1346&version=20190AB134697AMD)
4. **10/04/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1346&version=20190AB134695CHP)
5. **AB1346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1346)
6. **09/18/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1346&version=20190AB134696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1346 Medina Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1346 Medina et al. By Dodd — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1346 Medina Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — author (person)
- Berman — author (person)
- Chiu — author (person)
- Eggman — author (person)
- Gloria — coauthor (person)
- Low — author (person)
- McCarty — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1609.)
- **2019-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1760.)
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1799.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2854.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2019-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3493.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 521, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b0c239d-d16d-4eea-af66-8d4adf2ff622`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).