republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1998.md

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Bill	Community colleges: nonresident tuition fees: Western Undergraduate Exchange.	(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law also authorizes the establishment of community college districts, and further authorizes the operation, by these districts, of community college campuses that offer instructional services throughout the state. Existing law authorizes the board of governors to enter into an interstate attendance agreement with any statewide public agency of another state that is responsible for institutions of postsecondary education providing the first 2 years of college instruction and that is an agency of a state that is a party to the Western Interstate Compact for Higher Education, for the exchange of residents, on a one-for-one basis, for purposes of instruction. Existing law authorizes community college districts to admit nonresident students, and requires community college districts to charge a tuition fee to nonresident students, with specified exceptions, including an exception for those students who enroll in certain community colleges pursuant to a reciprocity agreement with California, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1998	California AB 1998 (20212022)	bill	Community colleges: nonresident tuition fees: Western Undergraduate Exchange.	enacted	Smith	7	30	8	2022-02-10	2022-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/fcf26d81-86bb-4d91-a2ec-7d0fd1a7169c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1998	d4fd246822b179ca8c93e1e9a747a97e8a7b786f20bf91f78ae8ccb63637d128	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1998 (20212022) — Community colleges: nonresident tuition fees: Western Undergraduate Exchange.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law also authorizes the establishment of community college districts, and further authorizes the operation, by these districts, of community college campuses that offer instructional services throughout the state. Existing law authorizes the board of governors to enter into an interstate attendance agreement with any statewide public agency of another state that is responsible for institutions of postsecondary education providing the first 2 years of college instruction and that is an agency of a state that is a party to the Western Interstate Compact for Higher Education, for the exchange of residents, on a one-for-one basis, for purposes of instruction. Existing law authorizes community college districts to admit nonresident students, and requires community college districts to charge a tuition fee to nonresident students, with specified exceptions, including an exception for those students who enroll in certain community colleges pursuant to a reciprocity agreement with California, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/24/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/23/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1998 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1998 Smith Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1998 Smith et al. By Grove — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1998 Smith Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smith — primary (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2022-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-05-19 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
• 2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 6-23-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-22-2022.
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-23 From special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-23 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5361.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 495, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fcf26d81-86bb-4d91-a2ec-7d0fd1a7169c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).