republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-2.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	Community colleges: California College Promise.	Existing law establishes the California College Promise, under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to provide funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each community college meeting prescribed requirements. Existing law authorizes a community college to use that funding to accomplish specified policy goals and to waive some or all of the fees for 2 academic years for certain first-time students who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent at the college and complete and submit either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a California Dream Act application.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 2	California AB 2 (20192020)	bill	Community colleges: California College Promise.	enacted	Santiago	8	28	8	2018-12-03	2019-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/b89511b4-ad4d-4c7c-ab42-fb99fc8be086	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2	e16c095fc658d8625b461036a967bcea5c47aaac1d170b8cecf4c58144999051	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2 (20192020) — Community colleges: California College Promise.

Existing law establishes the California College Promise, under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to provide funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each community college meeting prescribed requirements. Existing law authorizes a community college to use that funding to accomplish specified policy goals and to waive some or all of the fees for 2 academic years for certain first-time students who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent at the college and complete and submit either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a California Dream Act application.

Version chain

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

1. 12/03/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/30/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/11/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/16/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/04/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 14–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 2 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2 Santiago Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2 Santiago et al. By Portantino — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)
• Bonta — author (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — author (person)
• Chiu — author (person)
• Friedman — author (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — author (person)
• Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — author (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
• 2019-01-17 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-01-30 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
• 2019-01-31 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2019-03-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-03-11 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
• 2019-03-12 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2088.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (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: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2697.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
• 2019-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3290.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 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 509, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b89511b4-ad4d-4c7c-ab42-fb99fc8be086. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).