Community colleges: California College Promise: members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(1) 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 at the college who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent, or less for students certified as "full time," as specified, and who complete and submit either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a California Dream Act application.
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California Legislature
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AB 3137
California AB 3137 (20192020)
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Community colleges: California College Promise: members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
California AB 3137 (20192020) — Community colleges: California College Promise: members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(1) 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 at the college who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent, or less for students certified as "full time," as specified, and who 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.
AB 3137 Voepel Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB3137 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Voepel — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2020-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2020-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2020-03-09 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2020-04-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-04 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
2020-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2020-05-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2020-05-19 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4730.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2020-07-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4377.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2020-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2020-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 226, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b7ebb801-33e1-4ee8-b844-362e4253a0c3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).