republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-150.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: Chafee grant awards."
description: "Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the state agency primarily responsible for the administration and coordination of student financial aid programs at California postsecondary educational institutions. Existing federal law establishes the Chafee Educational and Training Vouchers Program for purposes of providing financial aid to current and former foster youth who are attending qualifying postsecondary educational institutions. Existing law provides that the Student Aid Commission, through an interagency agreement with the State Department of Social Services, currently operates the program in California. Existing law authorizes the commission or the department, for the fiscal years 2018–19 to 2020–21, inclusive, to expend up to $80,000, of any moneys appropriated by the Legislature to expand the Chafee Educational and Training Vouchers Program age eligibility of former foster youth up to 26 years of age, for outreach to newly eligible former foster youth who are at least 23 years of age, but are not yet 26 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 150"
citation: "California SB 150 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: Chafee grant awards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c42b91ad-b488-4c69-b7da-ab24a09294b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150"
source_hash: "fd8b53f07d27fa0749c7a57f0a98aa42eb3306b7cf0031d86e11dd53d34e773a"
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 SB 150 (20192020) — Student financial aid: Chafee grant awards.

Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the state agency primarily responsible for the administration and coordination of student financial aid programs at California postsecondary educational institutions. Existing federal law establishes the Chafee Educational and Training Vouchers Program for purposes of providing financial aid to current and former foster youth who are attending qualifying postsecondary educational institutions. Existing law provides that the Student Aid Commission, through an interagency agreement with the State Department of Social Services, currently operates the program in California. Existing law authorizes the commission or the department, for the fiscal years 2018–19 to 2020–21, inclusive, to expend up to $80,000, of any moneys appropriated by the Legislature to expand the Chafee Educational and Training Vouchers Program age eligibility of former foster youth up to 26 years of age, for outreach to newly eligible former foster youth who are at least 23 years of age, but are not yet 26 years of age.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150&version=20190SB15099INT)
2. **04/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150&version=20190SB15098AMD)
3. **06/13/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150&version=20190SB15097AMD)
4. **09/03/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150&version=20190SB15096AMD)
5. **09/05/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150&version=20190SB15095AMD)
6. **10/04/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150&version=20190SB15093CHP)
7. **SB150** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150)
8. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB150&version=20190SB15094ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB150 Beall et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 150 Beall Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB150 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Set for hearing March 20.
- **2019-03-20** March 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-03-26** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2019-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 649.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2019-04-29** April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1090.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1271.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-03** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-26** June 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3178.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-10** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2784.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 525, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c42b91ad-b488-4c69-b7da-ab24a09294b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).