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type: "Bill"
title: "California DREAM Loan Program: graduate degree programs."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "California SB 354 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California DREAM Loan Program: graduate degree programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b663e077-cccf-4a0e-967c-29aa7b27e450"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354"
source_hash: "eb6443069979b4bf9e66c087793f70d2bbc73cc1dc083100d94e9a3f227c964b"
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 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.
1. **02/19/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35499INT)
2. **03/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35498AMD)
3. **04/10/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35497AMD)
4. **10/04/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35495CHP)
5. **SB354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354)
6. **09/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB354&version=20190SB35496ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **133** (pass) · lower
- SB 354 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Medina — **6410** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **42** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **91** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **308** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b663e077-cccf-4a0e-967c-29aa7b27e450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).