Public postsecondary education: fee waivers for exonerated persons.
Existing law prohibits the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, and, if they adopt an appropriate resolution, the Regents of the University of California, from collecting mandatory systemwide tuition and fees from certain persons. Existing law prohibits collecting mandatory systemwide tuition and fees from any surviving spouse or child of a deceased state resident who was principally employed in law enforcement service or active fire suppression and prevention and died as a result of those duties.
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AB 703
California AB 703 (20192020)
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Public postsecondary education: fee waivers for exonerated persons.
California AB 703 (20192020) — Public postsecondary education: fee waivers for exonerated persons.
Existing law prohibits the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, and, if they adopt an appropriate resolution, the Regents of the University of California, from collecting mandatory systemwide tuition and fees from certain persons. Existing law prohibits collecting mandatory systemwide tuition and fees from any surviving spouse or child of a deceased state resident who was principally employed in law enforcement service or active fire suppression and prevention and died as a result of those duties.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2019-03-25 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2019-03-26 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
2019-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1589.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2019-06-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2019-07-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-12 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2443.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3019.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b8426f3-1882-455a-bd36-544ec2fc4350. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).