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Bill	Pupil instruction: financial aid application.	Existing law requires the governing body of a school district, county office of education, or charter school to confirm that a grade 12 pupil who has not opted out, as specified, completes and submits a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or, if the pupil is exempt from paying nonresident tuition under existing law, completes and submits a form for purposes of the California Dream Act, as provided. Under existing law, a local educational agency that determines that a pupil is unable to complete these requirements is required to (1) exempt the pupil or, if applicable, the pupil's parent or legal guardian, from completing and submitting a FAFSA, a form for purposes of the California Dream Act, or an opt-out form, and (2) complete and submit an opt-out form on the pupil's behalf.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2165	California AB 2165 (20232024)	bill	Pupil instruction financial aid application	enacted	Reyes	7	27	8	2024-02-06	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/a8eafc2c-98ae-449f-858e-91d2a33f34be	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2165	c6d3dff0daa8f3e6cbaca36d28fbc1efd1486eb9d9b6d3de552ec2a58501dc11	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2165 (20232024) — Pupil instruction: financial aid application.

Existing law requires the governing body of a school district, county office of education, or charter school to confirm that a grade 12 pupil who has not opted out, as specified, completes and submits a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or, if the pupil is exempt from paying nonresident tuition under existing law, completes and submits a form for purposes of the California Dream Act, as provided. Under existing law, a local educational agency that determines that a pupil is unable to complete these requirements is required to (1) exempt the pupil or, if applicable, the pupil's parent or legal guardian, from completing and submitting a FAFSA, a form for purposes of the California Dream Act, or an opt-out form, and (2) complete and submit an opt-out form on the pupil's behalf.

Version chain

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

1. 02/06/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/18/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/15/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2165 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent AB2165 Reyes By Caballero — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2165 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2165 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Reyes — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
• 2024-03-18 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-03-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-03-19 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-04-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-15 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5427.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-01 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 702, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8eafc2c-98ae-449f-858e-91d2a33f34be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).