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Bill	Student financial aid: Cal Grants: satisfactory academic progress.	Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Existing law establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. For a student to qualify for a Cal Grant award, existing law requires that the student, among other things, make satisfactory academic progress at a qualifying institution. Existing law defines "satisfactory academic progress" as those criteria required by applicable federal standards published in Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt regulations defining "satisfactory academic progress" in a manner that is consistent with the federal standards.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 789	California AB 789 (20232024)	bill	Cal Grants Student financial aid satisfactory academic progress	enacted	Berman	9	28	8	2023-02-13	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/d6004cc3-2286-43c1-87f5-fb302039c6f7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB789	942db11331dd9522bc984d8b4b00fb2a024f491e6d75b240c90a45346fd865d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 789 (20232024) — Student financial aid: Cal Grants: satisfactory academic progress.

Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Existing law establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. For a student to qualify for a Cal Grant award, existing law requires that the student, among other things, make satisfactory academic progress at a qualifying institution. Existing law defines "satisfactory academic progress" as those criteria required by applicable federal standards published in Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt regulations defining "satisfactory academic progress" in a manner that is consistent with the federal standards.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB789 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 789 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 789 Berman Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB789 Berman et al. By Skinner — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Berman — primary (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — author (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1915.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2023-06-08 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
• 2023-06-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2766.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3549.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 544, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6004cc3-2286-43c1-87f5-fb302039c6f7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).