Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which authorizes a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University to receive a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies certain requirements. Existing law prohibits a student from borrowing more than $20,000 in the aggregate under the program from any one participating institution. Existing law requires each participating institution to provide entrance and exit counseling to borrowers that is generally comparable to that required by federal student loan programs.
California AB 2004 (20212022) — California DREAM Loan Program.
Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which authorizes a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University to receive a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies certain requirements. Existing law prohibits a student from borrowing more than $20,000 in the aggregate under the program from any one participating institution. Existing law requires each participating institution to provide entrance and exit counseling to borrowers that is generally comparable to that required by federal student loan programs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB2004 Cristina Garcia et a By Durazo — 33–7 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2004 Cristina Garcia Assembly Third Reading — 54–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
AB 2004 Cristina Garcia Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 61–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Becker — coauthor (person)
Gipson — author (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
2022-02-24 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2022-04-04 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
2022-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2022-04-20 Coauthors revised.
2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 5. Page 4611.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2022-06-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-06-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (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 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 7. Page 5128.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-31 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 484, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05a450e2-e33e-4258-8091-1900e915c0a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).