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Bill	Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children.	(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the 3 public segments of postsecondary education in the state. The missions and functions of these segments are set forth in the Donahoe Higher Education Act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2881	California AB 2881 (20212022)	bill	Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children.	enacted	Berman	7	30	8	2022-02-18	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/61043e6e-eb48-4731-b27f-e0f5a13c0dc1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2881	91280b5dfb4375fc4a60ec03a67954e24202406949a337a42bf8a4fd76f9020d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2881 (20212022) — Public postsecondary education: students with dependent children.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the 3 public segments of postsecondary education in the state. The missions and functions of these segments are set forth in the Donahoe Higher Education Act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2881 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2881 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB2881 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2881 Berman Assembly Third Reading By MEDINA — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2022-03-24 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and HUM. S. referral-committee
• 2022-03-28 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
• 2022-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2022-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2022-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by 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: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4876.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2022-06-20 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
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-07-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-08-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4988.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-24 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 935, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61043e6e-eb48-4731-b27f-e0f5a13c0dc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).