California DREAM Loan Program: graduate degree programs.
Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the regents, and that the student is enrolled in an "instructional program," defined as a program of study that results in the award of a baccalaureate degree or undergraduate certificate, or undergraduate coursework in a program of study leading directly to a first professional degree for which no baccalaureate degree or undergraduate degree is awarded.
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California Legislature
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SB 354
California SB 354 (20192020)
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California DREAM Loan Program: graduate degree programs.
California SB 354 (20192020) — California DREAM Loan Program: graduate degree programs.
Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meet equivalent requirements adopted by the regents, and that the student is enrolled in an "instructional program," defined as a program of study that results in the award of a baccalaureate degree or undergraduate certificate, or undergraduate coursework in a program of study leading directly to a first professional degree for which no baccalaureate degree or undergraduate degree is awarded.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 354 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Medina — 64–10 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 4–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 30–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Durazo — primary (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2019-03-07 Set for hearing April 3.
2019-03-25 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
2019-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 547.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2019-04-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2019-05-06 May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1097.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 1184.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-30 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2019-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-26 June 26 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2019-08-30 Coauthors revised.
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 64. Noes 10. Page 3265.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-10 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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 526, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b663e077-cccf-4a0e-967c-29aa7b27e450. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).