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Bill	Golden State Scholarshare Trust: Personal Income Tax Law: gross income: deductions.	Existing law, known as the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act, establishes the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust, under the administration of the Scholarshare Investment Board, to provide financial aid for postsecondary education costs of participating students. Existing law defines "qualified higher education expenses" for purposes of the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act to mean the expenses of attendance at an institution of higher education, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 340	California AB 340 (20212022)	bill	Golden State Scholarshare Trust: Personal Income Tax Law: gross income: deductions.	enacted	Ward	6	25	9	2021-01-28	2021-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/3eb72d0a-0111-49a5-b211-2d6c989294be	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB340	3850085071a5ba5081a43c78e5deac46512b61eefcd920011e12c0ad88d28213	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 340 (20212022) — Golden State Scholarshare Trust: Personal Income Tax Law: gross income: deductions.

Existing law, known as the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act, establishes the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust, under the administration of the Scholarshare Investment Board, to provide financial aid for postsecondary education costs of participating students. Existing law defines "qualified higher education expenses" for purposes of the Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act to mean the expenses of attendance at an institution of higher education, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/28/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/24/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/06/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB340 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/09/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 340 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 340 Ward Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB340 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-29 From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
• 2021-02-12 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-30 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1599.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Coms. on ED. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2021-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2389.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2842.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3eb72d0a-0111-49a5-b211-2d6c989294be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).